Following discreet,
sustained and painstaking intelligence, the Inspector General of Police
Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Kaduna State Command SIB operatives,
smashed a deadly killer gang and arrested 4 suspects in connection with the
kidnapping and subsequent murder of an army officer, Col. Samaila Yunusa, in
Kaduna on 27th March, 2016.
Sequel to the
kidnapping and killing of the officer, the IGP IRT deployed the Technical and
Human Intelligence assets of the Force which led to the arrest of a Prison
Warder named Abdullahi Adamu, who is a close associate of one of the prime
suspects who was using the Tecno mobile phone stolen from the slain Colonel.
Further investigation led to the arrest of two (2) of the prime suspects, namely:
Ibrahim Kabiru ‘m’, 23, (aka uztaz) and Ebele Precious ‘m’, 41 (aka pastor),
while the gang leader Emeka Okeke Cyprain ‘m’, 44, and one other member of the
syndicate, Chijioke Ugwuanyi, ‘m’, 42 (aka CJ) were later arrested.
Items recovered by
the Police from this notorious gang, which specialised in car snatching and
truck hijacking in the State and selling same to unsuspecting members of the
public, include one AK 47 rifle, two magnum pistols, one Nissan Pathfinder Jeep
and documents of six (6) houses located in Anambra State of which Emeka Okeke
Cyprian confessed were proceeds of his previous criminal activities.
While commending
the IGP IRT and operatives of the Kaduna State SIB detectives for their
commitment, diligence and professionalism which led to the breakthrough and
subsequent recovery of the weapons and a stolen Jeep, the Inspector-General of
Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, enjoined the citizens to
continue to support the Police with relevant information.
Meanwhile, all the
four suspects arrested in connection with the crime and presently in custody of
the Force will soon be arraigned before a competent court of law for criminal
charges preferred against them while effort to arrest the fleeing members of
the gang continues.
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