The Adamawa State Police Command has paraded 32 suspects charged with criminal conspiracy and kidnapping.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Audu Madaki, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Yola on Friday, said the arrests were made in five operations following constant patrol and raiding of criminal hideouts and black spots across the 21 local government areas of the state.
“As the operational strategies continued, the command recorded tremendous achievements through the sacrifices of some gallant officers in the command by dislodging criminals in their hideouts, rescuing some innocent citizens in their captivity, arresting the criminals and recovering so many dangerous weapons,” the police commissioner said.
He named 10 of the suspected kidnappers arrested on April 8, 2019 at Malabu in Fufore LGA as Abdu Maina, Musa Danjuma, Muhammed Abubakar, Umar Ibrahim, Abubakar Mohammed, Abdullahi Abubakar, Siddi Aliyu, Gambo Huhu, Samaila Ishayaku, and Muhammed Abubakar.
He said two other suspected kidnappers: Umar Muhammed and Ibrahim Hassan, were rounded up on May 15, 2019 at Dikong village in Mayo-Belwa LGA.
The police commissioner also revealed that following a report by one Alhaji Sule Mumuni of Euro Yanka in Yola South LGA that seven gunmen invaded his house and abducted his 14-year-old daughter and demanded N1 million ransom, his men and officers investigated, and on May 16 arrested one Gambo Nagabi, who confessed to committing the offense with others still at large.
For a fourth operation, he said his men arrested six suspects who had all confessed to kidnapping a man at Ganjara village in Gombi LGA.
The police boss also gave the names of 13 people charged with criminal conspiracy and kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms, as well as three other suspects, identified as Shilla Boys and charged with armed robbery.
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