Yusuf Bello| The Kaduna state police command on Saturday said it arrested two suspected abductors of six students and two teachers of Engravers College in Chikun local government area of the state in October.
According to the command, two members of the gang were arrested during an operation in their hideout in the state capital. Also arrested is a security guard of the Engraver’s College for alleged conspiracy in the abduction of the students.
The command also said it arrested 37 other suspected kidnappers and armed robbers including a five-man kidnap gang that killed their victims after collecting over two million Naira ransom in Kangimi village of Igabi Local Government Area.
Parading the suspects at the Kaduna state police command headquarters, spokesman of the command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, told newsmen that the arrests were successfully carried out through coordinated raiding of criminal hideouts by Operatives of the IGP’s Special Tactical Squad (STS) and the Command’s Intelligence Response Team as well as active Community Engagement Initiative in line with the Inspector General of Police mandate on Community Policing.
The command equally arrested suspects that escaped from Taraba state to hide in Kaduna state after carrying out several kidnapping operations in the northeastern state
According to Sabo, several dangerous weapons including 10 AK47 Rifles, four pump actions, two locally made pistols, one locally-made gun, 154 live ammunitions, 17 cartridges, four stolen vehicles and other exhibits were recovered from the suspects during the operations.
He added that some of the suspects have confessed to a series of kidnappings within and outside the state including the killing of a Policeman in Igabi local government.
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