Police raid kidnappers’ hideout, arrest six in Nasarawa

The police command in Nasarawa State says it has raided a kidnappers’ hideout in Kiguna village in Lafia, the state capital, and arrested six suspects.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Maiyaki Muhammed-Baba, disclosed this at a news briefing to present the command’s achievements from the beginning of January, on Monday in Lafia.
Mr Muhammed-Baba said that on January 12, at about 4:00 a.m., the police operatives attached to Assakio Division, acting based on a tip-off, raided the hideout and arrested four suspects.
“One locally-fabricated AK 47, pistol rifle and live cartridge were recovered from the suspects as exhibits,” he said.
The police commissioner also said that on January 13, the police operatives from the same division arrested the gang leader of a kidnap syndicate.
He further said that from the beginning of the year till date, the police had arrested 21 other suspects for various offences.
Mr Mohammed-Baba gave the breakdown of the suspects as 16 robbery suspects 16, two suspected motorcycle snatchers and three suspected cattle thieves.
He listed the exhibits recovered from the suspects as four vehicles, arms and cattle, among others.
The police boss said the suspects would be charged to court after the conclusion of investigations.
He, however, said most of the suspects had confessed to their crimes and were helping the police in their investigation.
Mr Mohammed-Baba attributed the success recorded by the command to the support of members of the public, traditional rulers, other security agencies and the media.
He, therefore, appealed to members of the public to avail the police with credible information that would help them reduce crime to its barest minimum in the state.
(NAN)
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