Police on Monday
paraded seven members of a vicious kidnap for ransom gang responsible
for severe kidnapping, armed robberies and other Criminal activities on
the Abuja/Kaduna highway
Parading the suspects at Katare, Kaduna State, the Public
Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh Moshood said the suspects were arrested by
police personnel attached to 'Operation Absolute Sanity' for kidnap for
ransom and other violent crimes in Abuja-Kaduna Highway
The suspects and place of arrest are:
1: MOHAMMED MUSA
GIDAN BUSA
2: MUSA HASSAN
RIJANAH
3: MAMUDA ADO
MARARABAN JOS KADUNA
4: HUABU MUSA
MARARABAN JOS KADUNA
5: SANI ABUBAKAR
AKLIBU VILLAGE
6: SHEHU ALH. ADO
RIJANAH
7: ABUBAKAR BELLO
RIJANAH
8: MOHAMMED GARBA
AKILIBU VILLAGE
9: USMAN BELLO
RIJANAH
10: KABIRU AHMADU
RIJANAH
11: USMAN FULANI GAMBO
RIJANAH
12: ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHI
RIJANAH
13: YAHAYA USMAN
RIJANAH
14: SULEIMAN LAWWAN
RIJANAH
15: AWAL MADAKI
AZARA
16: YAKUBU MUSA
AZARA
17: ALIYU YAHAYA
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
18: AMINU SHUAIBU
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
19: ALHAJI UMARU MOHAMMED
BIRNIN GWARI
20: SANI FULANI (AKA JANARA)
BIRNIN GWARI
21: AHMADU RUFAI
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
22: SHUAIBU MUSA
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
23: IBRAHIM ILLO
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
24: ALHJ. UMARU AUTA
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
25: BELLO TUKUR
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
26: MOHAMMED GAMBO
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
27: MOHAMADU ADAMU SIKIRU
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
28: MOHAMMED TUKUR IBRAHIM
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
29: SAIDU MOHAMMED
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
30: ABUBAKAR ABDULLAI
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
31: DAN- ABSABE ISAH
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
32: AUWALU ABDULLAHI
ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY
Exhibits recovered from them includes four AK 47 RiflesI, six locally made pump action gun and two magazines.
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris
concerned with the occurrence of cases of Kidnappings in the recent
times on Abuja-Kaduna Highway, has deployed a Joint Police Team
comprising Special Police Force, Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism
Squad, Anti-Kidnapping Units, Intelligence Response Team, Special
Tactical Squad, the Force Intelligence Branch, the Police Mobile Force
with Headquarters at Rijanah, Kaduna State. The Joint Police Team are
under specific and definite mandate to rout out the kidnap for ransom
gangs and armed robbery gangs that have being terrorizing the
Abuja-Kaduna Highway in the recent times. The operation is to
complement and augment the on-going Joint Police/Military operations on
the ground.
Within the first week of the commencement of the operation
Absolute Sanity, the above mentioned suspects were arrested in their
hideouts and the exhibits listed above were recovered from them. They
have made confessional statements indicating the various criminal roles
they played in the commission of the crime. Most of them have been
identified by some of their victims. They will soon be charged to court
on completion of investigation.
Meanwhile the Inspector General of Police has commended and
appreciated the communities and people in the towns and villages along
Abuja –Kaduna highway for their cooperation with the Police personnel
deployed for the operation. He however, implored commuters, travelers and other road users to support the Police personnel in the discharge of their responsibilities and in the implementation of other crime prevention and control strategies of the Force. The operations will be sustained and is being replicated in all other Highways and major roads across the country.
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