The police identified the suspect as Suleiman Mohammed of Kateren-Gwari, Minna, and Umar Sabo of Kontagora.
The police command in Niger says it arrested a suspect, Abubakar Alfa, with one locally made pistol and a cutlass at Katcha LGA.
Twenty-seven alleged thugs have been nabbed, and dangerous weapons and illicit substances have been recovered by the police in Niger.
The motorcycle was stolen on May 19, 2026.
He said the suspect confessed to the crime.
One of the miscreants attempted to attack a policeman with an axe and was shot in the leg and subdued,” Mr Abiodun said.
The suspects were arrested while transporting a suspected stolen Volkswagen Golf to meet a buyer.
The suspect was intercepted by a police patrol team in Mokwa.
Mr Bawa-Niworo was abducted on September 29, 2025.
Zailani Suleiman, a 37-year-old resident of Angwan-Sarki Hausawa, Tungan-Mallam, has been arrested for defiling a 17-year-old girl in Paiko LGA.
