How millionaire kidnapper, Hamisu Wadume, was arrested —Police

The Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday narrated how its men arrested runaway millionaire kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume.

Force spokesman, Frank Mba, said Wadume was re-arrested after a massive manhunt, having escaped when the operatives of Intelligence Response Team came under attack from soldiers attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State.

The statement read, “The operatives of the Nigeria Police have re-arrested the notorious kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume.

“He was re-arrested in the late hours of Monday, August 19, at his hideout at Layin Mai Allo Hotoro area of Kano State.

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“It would be recalled that the Police had been on the massive manhunt for the suspect, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, since August 6, following the unfortunate incident in Ibi, Taraba State which resulted in the brutal murder of three Police Officers and two civilians, and injury to five others.

“The suspect, who was appropriately restrained at the time of the incident, was subsequently released by his “rescuers” after they had desltroyed the restraining handcuffs.”

The Police said it hoped that Wadume’s arrest, ”will, no doubt, help in bringing answers to the numerous but hitherto unanswered questions touching on the incident and the larger criminal enterprise of the suspect.”

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