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Police parades 4 suspected kidnappers in Borno
Police in Borno State paraded four suspected kidnappers before journalists in Maiduguri on Thursday.
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdu Umar, said the suspects, Abdu Isa, Musa Haro, Wada Hassan and Saleh Bukar were arrested in a joint operation between the police and local hunters at Galadima Forest in Hawul Local Government Area of the state.
Umar also revealed that three members of an eight-man gang who kidnapped one Ardo Buba in Gur Village in Biu LGA had been arrested.
He added that the gang took the victim to Buratai bush and demanded N7 million ransom.
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The CP said: “Buba, whose legs had been chained and padlocked, escaped from the bush having noticed that the kidnappers had slept off.
“The victim identified one of the suspects, Alhaji Mohammed Bello after they had been arrested.”
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