Police Nab 20-year-old Kidnapper In Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has disclosed that it has arrested a 20-year old kidnap/armed robbery suspect and recovered the sum of N8.4 million cash from him.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Sanda, said this while briefing News men on activities of the command in Bauchi on Tuesday.

He said the command arrested the suspect aged 20 years of Tashan Daudu Soro, Ganjuwa LGA, on Sept. 9, for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping and being in possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition.

He said the following exhibits were recovered in his possession: N8.466,000.00 cash, one SubMachine Gun (SMG) rifle with 92 live ammunition, one empty magazine, SMG rifle and one 7.62mm caliber of live ammunition.

The Commissioner stated that other exhibits recovered from the suspect included: eight different models of mobile phones, one MP3, one Honda motorcycle and one cutlass.

He said the suspect claimed innocence, and that he was not aware of the exhibits.

He said everything belonged to his boss whom he simply identified as Ibrahim, adding that the boss was taking him out on his motorcycle to work as a pastoralist before the police arrested him.

He recounted how his boss, on sighting the police, pushed him and the motorcycle then took to his heels, saying if he was an accomplice, he would have also fled.