By Gbemiga Olamikan.
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Tafa Division SP Idris Ibrahim has arrested a member of the gang that kidnapped the family members of one Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on 2nd January 2024, and killed some kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, daughter of the legal practitioner, on 13th January, 2024. The Suspect Bello Mohammed, 28, of Zamfara state, was arrested in Kaduna on 20th January 2024 after offered the DPO the sum of N1,000,000 but was rejected.
This was contained in a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in Abuja as he noted that the suspect is currently helping the police in their investigations.
Adejobi Revealed that, acting on intelligence, the DPO raided one hotel in Tafa Area, Kaduna, where he arrested Bello, with the sum of #2.25m (Two Million, two hundred and fifty million naira) suspected to be proceeds of ransoms collected from kidnapped victims within the area.
He said that, the suspect, during interrogation, confessed to be part of the gang that kidnapped the family members of one Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on 2nd January 2024, and killed some kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha daughter of the legal practitioner, on 13th January, 2024, in a kidnapper’s camp, in Kaduna State. The suspect, in a dramatic situation, offered #1,000,000 (one million naira) to induce the DPO, who rejected the offer and carried out his duty diligently.
However, Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has ordered that the suspect, who also confessed to the involvement of the already five (5) neutralized bandits in Kaduna by the IRT, headed by one Mai Gemu (aka Godara), whose deadly camp has also been destroyed, be handed over to the DFI-IRT in Abuja for discreet investigations into the matter and arrest of all other culprits responsible for the dastardly act.
Adejobi disclosed that IGP Egbetokun Commended the DPO Tafa, SP Idris Ibrahim, for the commitment and professionalism displayed in the case as he further assured that Police would leave no stone unturned in decimating criminally minded individuals and bequeathing to Nigerians a more secure society for all and sundry in our dear country, Nigeria.
