Police arrest suspected kidnapper, recover ransom in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa state police command, on Sunday, arrested a suspected kidnapper after he received the ransom for the release of an abducted victim.
The command’s public relations officer, Ramhan Nansel, in a statement on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu Nadada, said part of the proceeds of ransom was recovered from the nabbed suspect.
“The Nasarawa State Police command in its fight against criminals have arrested a suspected Kidnapper and recovered the sum of Five Hundred and Forty-Seven Thousand Naira, said to be part of his share of the ransom collected for the kidnapping of one Cironman Fulani at Arugbadu village of Nasarawa Eggon LGA,” Mr Nansel said.
According to the command’s spokesperson, operatives attached to 38 PMF Akwanga, carried out the operation in collaboration with men of the Nasarawa Eggon Division, at about 11:30 a.m.
He said the operatives, “arrested one Abdulkarim Zakari of Konba village, Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in connection to a case of kidnapping undergoing investigation.”
He stated that the suspect confessed to be part of the syndicate that kidnapped the victim, “where they collected ransom of five million Naira (#5,000,000) and was given his share of one million and two hundred thousand Naira (#1,200,000).”
Commending the officers for sustaining the onslaught against criminals in the state, the police commissioner has ordered a manhunt for the other fleeing syndicate members.
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