Tag: Kidnap Syndicate

Ex-Gov.’s aide linked to kidnap syndicate in Katsina 

Aminu Imam
Katsina ex Gov.'s aide

The Katsina State government has clarified that the former Senior Special Assistant (SSA), to Governor Dikko Umaru RaÉ—É—a on Community Development, who was recently linked to a kidnapping syndicate, was suspended before the incident unfolded. According to reports, the former SSA was recently accused of masterminding the abduction of an eight-year-old boy in the Katsina metropolis. Reacting to the matter in an issued statement yesterday, the State Commissioner of Information and Culture, Bala Salisu Zango, clarified that Garwa was suspended before the allegation.  The statement claimed Garwa was suspended over…

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Nasarawa: Woman arrested for hiding 124 rounds of ammunition in palm oil gallon

Aminu Imam
Nasarawa woman

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command, on Friday arrested one woman, Hauwa Sani, for attempting to smuggle 124 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition concealed in a gallon of palm oil. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the arrest in a statement posted on X.com yesterday. According to Nansel, the suspect was apprehended in Keffi while en route to Katsina State. Along with the ammunition, the police also recovered ?78,500 in cash and a mobile phone from Hauwa Sani, who was traveling with a 2-year-old child. The State’s Commissioner…

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FCT Insecurity: Kidnappers butchered Abuja schoolboy over non-payment of ransom – Bwari survivor

Aminu Imam

A resident of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rima Lotu (not real name), who was kidnapped between Bwari and Dutse Market in Bwari Area Council has narrated her bitter experience in the hands of her abductors. She recalled how the abductors butchered a secondary school student, with whom she was abducted, in her presence. The victim narrated to our correspondent that she had boarded a green-coloured taxi from Bwari to Dutse Market in mid-November, unknown to her, it was a “one-chance” vehicle. “When we entered the vehicle, because the road…

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‘I killed 50 victims who could not pay ransom’ – kidnap syndicate’s Sector Commander confesses

Ishaku Yohanna

One of the leaders of a notorious kidnap gang, who was on police wanted list has admitted killing over 50 of his victims because they could not afford to pay ransom. The suspect, Mohammed Sani, 30, made the shocking revelation on Wednesday, September 30, when he was paraded by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, alongside 46 other criminals at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Headquarters in Abuja.  Wearing a fake military uniform, Sani said he worked for one Yellow Jambros, who gave him guns and military uniforms for…

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