………Rescue Fourteen Kidnapped victims; arrest five suspects
Police operatives attached to Toto Division, in collaboration with community youths, burst into the kidnappers’ hideout located at Achido village, a deeply forested terrain bordering FCT and Kogi state, where they rescued fourteen kidnapped victims, namely: Adamu Abdullahi, Musa Ahmed, and Auwal Adamu of Kuje FCT—Abuja, Hussaini Yakubu, Haruna Usman, Jibrin Bature, Isyaka Yakubu, Sule Bello, and Yusuf Yusuf, all males of Lapai, Niger state.
The Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, signed a press release on Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, stating that Yunusa Danladi of Tanshi village, Kuje Area council, FCT-Abuja, and Yusuf Tashai and Kabiru Iliya, both of Rubuchi area of FCT, Sabo Yakubu, and Sagir Iliya are among the others.
“Consequently, the operatives arrested five suspects concerning the crime: Shuaibu Garba, Umar Mohammed, and Yakubu Kasim. Mustapha Adamu and Abdul Mohammed have confessed to being responsible for the supply of food to the kidnappers in the forest.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has restated the command’s commitment to continuously partner with members of the community to rid the state of crime and urged the public at all times to say something when they see something, the statement said.
