Police bust kidnapping syndicate, recover N4 million cash, others in Adamawa
Story from Abdulaziz JAURO, Yola
Adamawa State Police command has again busted a notorious kidnapping syndicate of five hardened criminals operating within the precincts of Mubi North and Mubi South local governments of Adamawa State.
A statement by the state police image maker, SP Sulaiman Nguroje, noted that the valiant feat was recorded on October 9, 2022.
He noted that the intelligence-driven operation was carried out by the operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB).
“Further to the Command’s renewed commitment to enhancing proactive strategies in crime fighting, the Command had again on 9/10/2022, disconnected a crime network connecting a syndicate of five in Mubi North and South Local Government Areas respectively.
“The operation, which was carried out by the Command’s operatives attached to the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), yielded positive results as the sum of four million, seventy-nine thousand, naira (4,079,000) cash out of the sum of five million naira, paid as ransom was recovered.
“The outcome of this success followed a report received about the kidnapping of an eight-year-old Mustapha Aliyu Fadil in Mubi and took him to Barassa Hotel at Maraba Mubi.
“Interestingly, after receiving the report, the Command promptly designed an Intelligence-led driven strategy and luckily apprehended the following suspects:-
“Zaiyat Adamu, 19, a resident of Tashan Gella, Mubi South LGA; Abdulrahman Abubakar, 31, a resident of Shagari Low-cost, Mubi North LGA; Haruna Yakubu, 21, a resident of Kaban ward, Mubi North LGA; Abubakar Muhammed, 20, a resident of Angwan Ba-talaka, Mubi North, LGA; Isa Musa, 21, a resident of Angwan Ba-talaka Mubi North, LGA.
“The suspects criminally conspired and whisked away their victim where they held him for two days and two nights until when a ransom of five million as demanded was paid to them before releasing their victim,” the statement read.
The Commissioner of Police, SK Akande, while commending the OC SIB and his men for disconnecting the crime network and professional conduct displayed; however, directed the officers and men to sustain the tempo as a strategy to checkmating crimes and criminals in and around the state.
He called on the populace to always inform the police of the whereabouts of criminals and their hideouts, and especially those with questionable characters.
The police boss equally assured the government and the good people of Adamawa State of a sustained effort to dislodge all criminal hideouts and black spots in the state.
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