A 20-year-old suspected kidnapper Ahmad Muhammad on Sunday confessed to living close to expressways to aid his kidnapping activities.
The suspect was paraded at police headquarters in Osogbo, following his arrest on Ife/Ibadan Expressway at Wasinmi, a village, Osun state.
Ahmad who hails from Tambuwal community in Sokoto State is part of a seven-man gang that kidnapped travellers on the expressway.
He was caught during a shootout with the police as other gang members fled and left him alone.
Ahmad said, “We kidnapped two persons along Ibadan/Gbongan Expressway after we made a roadblock.
“The police were alerted and they faced my gang in a gun battle during which my other gang members ran away with the kidnapped victims. It is painful that my other gang members left me alone in that bush and ran away.”
“It was easy for the police to arrest me because I don’t know the routes in that bush and I could not trace my steps to the place where my other gang members escaped to.”
“My gang members are all Fulani and they are not new in the business, it is a means of survival.
“I don’t have a shelter, I live along the expressway. I live on the road to make operation easy. I live along Ibadan, Kaduna, Abuja expressways to block roads and kidnap passengers for ransom.”
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