The state Commissioner of Police, Maiyaki Baba, made the disclosure to newsmen at the command’s headquarters in Lafia on Monday while parading 28 suspected criminals who were arrested in the month of January 2023, for committing various crimes across the 13 LGAs of the state.
He explained that the six suspected kidnappers, who had been on the watch list of the police, were arrested in Kiguna Village of Lafia East Development Area in Lafia LGA after painstaking efforts by officers of the command.
He said, “On January 12, 2023 at about 4:50pm, acting based on a tip off, police operatives attached to Assakio Division raided a suspected kidnappers hide out located at Kiguna Village, Lafia East Development Area, where the following suspects were arrested namely: Adamu Mohammed, 20 years, Musa Ibrahim aka IBB, 20years, Bashiru Anaruwa, 19 years and Hamisu Tanko, 20 years, all of Kiguna Village.
“One locally fabricated AK 47 rifle was recovered from the suspects as exhibit.
“A follow up investigation by the command’s anti-kidnapping unit, led to the arrest of two more suspects namely: Salisu Abdullahi Bunu, 30 years, and Abdullahi Haruna, 35 years, where one locally fabricated pistol and one live cartridge were recovered from the suspects as exhibit.
“The suspects have confessed to be the syndicate terrorising Assakio-Sabon Gida road, where they kidnap people for ransom.”
While warning all criminal elements to flee the state without further delay, the CP appealed to residents of the state to continue to give the police useful information that would help them eradicate crime in the state.
“I want to assert that the state command under my leadership will not relent but up its antics to audaciously clamp down on criminals until they are subjugated,” he added.
