Police Nab Kidnapper Collecting N3m Ransom In Plateau

A suspected kidnapper was arrested by the Plateau state police operatives while  trying to collect N3 million ransom from the victim’s father.

The state Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, disclosed this on Friday while briefing journalists on the command’s “breakthroughs” at the state headquarters in Jos.

Mr Onyeka said on December 21, 2022, at about 0140hrs, while acting on a impeccable information from a reliable informant, one Ashiru Ibrahim ‘m’ aged 22 years of Angwan Rogo, Jos, suspected to have kidnapped one four-year-old Abubakar Nazifi of Zam Zam, Abuja Mata Rikkos, Jos on December 19, 2022, was arrested by police operatives attached to ‘A’ Division of the command at Leichester Hotel area while collecting N3m ransom from the victim’s parents.

He stated, “Upon interrogation, the suspect made some useful disclosure that led to the rescue of the victim from the kidnappers’ den unhurt. Further investigation led to the arrest of his accomplice, one Bashir Saleh ‘m’ of Rikkos, Jos who initiated the kidnapping. The case is still under investigation.’’

Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnapper trying to collect N3m ransom from the victim’s father.

The state Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, disclosed this on Friday while briefing journalists on the command’s “breakthroughs” at the state headquarters in Jos.

Onyeka said that on December 21, 2022, at about 0140hrs, while acting on a impeccable information from a reliable informant, one Ashiru Ibrahim ‘m’ aged 22 years of Angwan Rogo, Jos, suspected to have kidnapped one four-year-old Abubakar Nazifi of Zam Zam, Abuja Mata Rikkos, Jos on December 19, 2022, was arrested by police operatives attached to ‘A’ Division of the command at Leichester Hotel area while collecting N3m ransom from the victim’s parents.

He stated, “Upon interrogation, the suspect made some useful disclosure that led to the rescue of the victim from the kidnappers’ den unhurt. Further investigation led to the arrest of his accomplice, one Bashir Saleh ‘m’ of Rikkos, Jos who initiated the kidnapping. The case is still under investigation.’’

The commissioner also said that eight other kidnappers were arrested in separate operation carried out by his men in Quaapan LGA of the state after they abducted two women.