The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested a suspected kidnapper at Jeje Jijipe village in the Karu Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made the disclosure in a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Lafia on Tuesday.
The PPRO said, “On December 3, 2022 at about 9am, a complaint was lodged at Karshi Division that, on December 2, 2022 at about 2am, private security guards attached to a sachet water manufacturing company undergoing construction at Jeje Jijipe village, Karu LGA, were abducted and taken to an unknown destination.
“Acting based on the strength of the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Maiyaki Baba, mobilised a detachment of police operatives led by CSP Nnamdi Udobor, the Divisional Police Officer, Karshi Division, to conduct a relentless manhunt on the perpetrators of the crime.
“The search paid off with the arrest of one Stephen Jonah ‘m’ 32yrs from the Tafa LGA of Kaduna State.
“In the course of the intensified investigation, the suspect led the police operatives to their enclave at Hilltop, Jeje Jijipe village, where two victims namely: Sadiq Jibril and Danladi Aku, were rescued unhurt and reunited with their families, while a wooden carved gun used in perpetrating the dastardly act was recovered as an exhibit.”
Nansel said the police commissioner had directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Lafia for further investigation.
He added that upon conclusion of investigation, the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution.
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