(i) ABDULRANMAN SHUAIBU
21 –YRS GANG LEADER
(ii)
ISIAKU MAHEED ZAMBUK 47 –YRS
(iii) HASSAN HARUNA ‘M’ 35 –YRS
EXHIBITS
(i) A phone (handset)
containing the SIM card /number usedto threaten the complainant (ii) Copies of letters of threat to life addressed to highly
placed Nigerians
(iii) Copies of letters of fraud addressed to well meaning
individuals and cooperate bodies soliciting for monetary
assistance for non existing tragedies and projects. (iv) List of names and phone numbers /contact of hundred
of important personalities in public and private sectors in Nigeria
On
the 1st August, 2016 the above mentioned suspects were tracked,
trailed and arrested by Police’s operatives attached to the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response
Team, (IRT) Force Headquarters, Abuja, subsequent to several complaints received from
well meaning individuals and highly placed personalities in Abuja of serious
threat to their lives, intimidation and attempts to defraud them of huge sums
of money.
2.
The syndicate specialises in sending test messages and calling highly placed
individuals such as Honourable Ministers, Senators, Governors, Captains of
industry etc on phone demanding for huge sums of money or else the victims
should await a grievous consequences if they failed to comply.
Abdulrahman
Shaibu 21 yrs, who is the leader of the gang was arrested during a rigorous and
painstaking investigation into the crime.
His arrest led to the arrest of Isiaku Maheed Zanbuk ‘M” 47 yrs and Hassan Haruna ‘M’ 35yrs who are
also key members of the syndicate.
3.
The three (3) suspects confessed to the crime and explained to the
investigators various roles played by
each of them in the perpetration of this criminal act and other related crimes they have
committed in the past. All the exhibits mentioned above were recovered from
their possession. They will be arraigned in Court on completion of
investigation.
4.
However, members of the general public are advised to be vigilant and report
promptly any threat of this nature to the nearest Police Station.
Thank
you all for your attention and God Bless
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