The Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team, Taraba State Police Command, has arrested 11 kidnap suspects. The gang members were said to have killed a police sergeant, Ogidi Habu, in Jalingo, and also abducted a customs officer and a relative of the Emir of Jalingo. He said police investigations revealed how Isah and Ahmadu masterminded the killing of the sergeant and left an inspector with gunshot injuries after abducting some victims in Jalingo. The police, in the course of investigations, equally identified and raided various criminal hideouts where kidnap victims were usually kept. “While cache of weapons and other incriminating items were recovered from the hideouts, all the kidnap victims held hostage at the various hideouts were carefully and successfully rescued unhurt and reunited with their families.

Source: Punch December 20, 2021 08:35 UTC