Police nab Fulani herdsman in connection with kidnapping in Delta

The Police Command in Delta State has arrested a Fulani herdsman in connection with the kidnapping of a middle-aged man in Ibusa community.

The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Celestina Kalu said in a statement Friday in Asaba disclosed that the suspect was arrested in the bush by a combined team of the police and the local vigilante.

She said: “On October 8, 2015, one Hon. Patricia Asiana of Okponta quarters, Ibusa reported at the Police Station that her brother, Celestine Elege has been kidnapped.

“According to the report, the victim was kidnapped in his farm at Umuidi area of Ibusa by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

“On receipt of the report, Police Anti-Robbery patrol team was drafted to the scene and with the help of Ibusa vigilante members, the team combed the surrounding bush and arrested one Ibrahim Shaidu Mohammed, suspected to be one of the kidnappers,” Kalu said.

The police spokesperson said that the police had commenced discreet investigation into the matter.

She added that the police had intensified efforts to rescue the victim and arrest other fleeing members of the gang.

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