Operatives attached to the Inspector-General of
Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), have arrested gang of
suspected criminals, allegedly terrorizing, Abuja and Kaduna highways.
The suspects are Ibrahim Gurgu 45, Abdulazeez Idris
40, Shuaibu Ibrahim aka Kadi 29, Ibrahim Isiyaku 30, Usman Datti 30, Kabiru
Musa 27 and Haruna Umar 24.
Items recovered from the suspects are Ak47 rifle, two
locally made pistol, 30 rounds of live ammunition, one magazine, two military
camouflage, three cutlasses and charms.
Speaking on the arrest of the suspects by IRT
operatives, led by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Force Spokesman, Jimoh Moshood said: “ It
would be recalled that concerned with cases of kidnappings, armed robberies and
other violent crimes on Abuja-Kaduna
road, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, early June,
made additional deployment of 600 police personnel of Special Intervention
Forces, comprising Intelligent Response Team (IRT), Special Tactical Squad
(STS), Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Anti-Kidnapping Units, the Police
Mobile Force (PMF) and the Counter Terrorism Units to root out these vicious
and notorious kidnap for ransom and armed robbery gangs that were responsible
for many kidnappings and armed robberies along Abuja-Kaduna Highway. They are
also responsible for other violent crimes in the FCT, Niger and Kaduna states.”
The image maker explained that in order to curtail
kidnapping and other violent crime, teams of policemen arrested eight principal
suspects.
He noted: “Preliminary investigations revealed that
they were responsible for several kidnappings, armed robberies and cattle
rustlings on Abuja/Kaduna highways. All the suspects confessed to the offence
and investigation is being concluded into the various crimes. In furtherance of
these operations, the Police Special Forces led by the Intelligence Response
Team on July 8, 2017 and July 9, 2017, working on available intelligence swooped
on kidnappers’ dens in Gwagwada, Kangimi and Katari villages in Kaduna State,
and arrested all the above mentioned suspects. The policemen also recovered weapons
from them. They have made confessional statements, admitting to the various
roles they played in the kidnapped for ransom of motorists, travellers and
others innocent people along Abuja/Kaduna Highway.”
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