Thursday, July 28, 2016

SSS arrests 10 kidnap suspects, 4 in military uniform in Kogi

The Kogi State Command of the State Security Service (SSS) said on Wednesday that it had arrested 10 suspected kidnappers.

The state SSS Director, Mr Joseph Okpo, told newsmen in Lokoja that the suspects were arrested in different parts of the state in the past two weeks.
Okpo, who spoke while parading four of the suspects before newsmen, said that the suspects were arrested in full military combat uniform last week.
According to him, the suspects are Haruna Saleh, Kabiru Shuaibu, Mumuni Adamu and Tukur Shuaibu.
The SSS Director said that the suspects were arrested on the Lokoja-Abuja road on their way from Kaduna with the intent to link up with their other accomplices in Obajana area, where they had planned to kidnap some people.
He said that the suspects had started making useful statements, adding that the state Police Command had been contacted to investigate the source of the military uniforms.https://newtelegraphonline.com/sss-arrests-10-kidnap-suspects-4-military-uniform-kogi/

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