KATSINA: Police arrest suspected kidnapper of Gov Masari’s mother-in-law

Operatives of Nigeria Police have arrested the kidnapper of a mother-in-law to Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari.

At the parade of the suspects at the state police command on Monday, police said the arrest was accomplished by the operatives of the IGP-IRT attached to Operation Puff Adder which launched a massive manhunt of the kidnappers and after serious and unrelenting follow-up.

A communiqué by the police during parade read that “Sequel to the recent Kidnapping of the Mother-in-law to Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State on 8/2/19 at her residence in Katsina, On the Instruction Of IGP Adamu Mohd, Operatives of the IGP-IRT attached to Operation Puff Adder launched a massive manhunt of the kidnappers and after serious and unrelenting follow up. The Notorious Syndicate of Kidnappers including their Arms and ammunition suppliers who confessed to the kidnapping and other armed robberies and kidnapping in Katsina State were arrested by IRT, including the gang leader and the Mastermind behind the kidnapping.

It was added that the “Suspects arrested; 1.Abdullahi M. Sani 23yrs of Sokoto Rima area of Katsina State, 2) Abubakar Dani 21yrs of Sabuwar Unguwa 3) Marwana Gide 25yrs of Yan Maiwa village Katsina and 4) Rabe Hamza aka Tankabaje 35yrs of Nasarawa Bugaje village 5) Abdulkarim Aliyu 20yrs native of Katsina 6) Musa Yakubu 21yrs Native of Katsina 7) Abubakar Abdullahi 25yrs Native of Katsina 8) Napkon Sambo 31yrs native of Jos the Cheif arms supplier to the Gang 9) Haruna Adamu 31yrs native of Katsina who transports arms and ammunition to the Gang and 10) Taiwo Abayomi 28yrs 11) Ali Samaila 45yrs native of Mairuwa Village 12) Abubakar Sulaiman 30yrs native of Mairuwa Village and 13) Ibrahim Bille 30yrs native of Mairuwa Village in Katsina State was all tracked to their hideouts and arrested in Plateau, Kano, Katsina and Abuja respectively.

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The police confirmed that “The suspect had confessed to the kidnapping of the 65yr old woman and narrated how they negotiated, collected ransom and shared it. Also one of the kidnappers led the IRT team to a New Provision Shop he opened with the ransom money in Katsina town, lands and houses they bought with the ransom money have been identified and Seized.

Recovered from the suspects are: 1 AK47 rifle, 22 Magazines, 1,000 Ak47 live ammunition, 200 Cartridges, Some phones belonging to the victims, including the Phone used for ransom negotiations and 2 motorcycles which they used for their operations were equally recovered by IRT Operatives from the Kidnappers.

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