POLICE ARREST 40 SUSPECTED KADUNA-ABUJA EXPRESSWAY KIDNAPPERS

The deployment of the Operation Absolute Sanity personnel by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, to tackle the cases of Kidnappings in the recent times on Abuja-Kaduna Highway have been yielding positive results. 

The operations, comprises Special Police Force, Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Squad, Anti-Kidnapping Units, Intelligence Response Team, Special Tactical Squad, the Force Intelligence Branch with Headquarters at Rijanah, Kaduna State. The Joint Police Team are under strict mandate to rout out the kidnap for ransom gangs and armed robbery gangs that have been terrorizing the Abuja-Kaduna Highway in the recent times.  The operation is to complement and augment the on-going Joint Police/Military operations on the ground.

After the arrest and parade of thirty two (32) suspected kidnappers and their caches of Arms and ammunition on the 31^st of July, 2017 at kateri on Abuja-Kaduna Highway, further efforts intensified by the Police personnel of Operation Absolute Sanity in the last few days resulted in the arrest of additional forty (40) suspects and recovery of large caches of arms and ammunition, and other exhibits listed above in Rijanah area and other locations along Abuja-Kaduna Highway. The identified kidnappers’ dens, hideouts, camps and other black spots in the forest along Abuja-Kaduna Highway were stormed and raided by the personnel of Operation Absolute Sanity within the last few days and in the process three (3) victims (names withheld) were rescued unhurt from the gangs  without payment of any ransom, and they have been reunited with their families. Some of the victims have identified most of the suspects as the people that kidnapped them. 

 All the suspects confessed to the crime and admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crimes.  They will all be arraigned in court on completion of investigation

The Inspector General of Police, hereby wishes to express deep appreciation and gratitude to the communities and people in the towns and villages along Abuja –Kaduna Highway for their cooperation and support being given to the Police personnel deployed in the Operation Absolute Sanity that have led to so many successes in the ongoing Operations. He therefore, implored travellers and other road users to support the Police personnel in the discharge of their responsibilities.

SUSPECTS:-                                       AGE                            PLACE OF ARREST

1.            ALI BELLO aka ZUNGI (gang leader)  principal suspect  ADULT   ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY    

2.                    ALHAJI GOMA SHEHU aka Namagogo (second in command) ADULT       

3.              MOHAMMED MUJU’A (ARMOURER)  ADULT                                ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY         

4.                    DANLADI HASSAN              ADULT                                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

5.                    MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR     ADULT                                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

6.                    DANIEL OWOBI                 ADULT                                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

7.                    EGWU OGIRI                     ADULT                                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

8.                    BASHIR HARUNA                ADULT                                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

9.                    SHEDRACH HOSIAH            ADULT                                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

10.                 VICTOR YOHANNA              ADULT                                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

11.                 SULEIMAN ISAH                  ADULT                                         ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

12.                 ABBAS ALIYU                      ADULT                                         ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

13. BALA ISIYA                         ADULT                                                   ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

14. HAFIZ JIBRIN                      ADULT                                                   ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

15. AMINU MOHAMMED             ADULT                                                    ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

16. ABDULLAHI ADAMU             ADULT                                                    ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

17. TUKUR ADO                        ADULT                                                   ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

18. ILIYASU SODA                     ADULT                                                   ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

19. MOHAMMED MUSA               ADULT                                                   ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

20. ALIYU HALILU                      ADULT                                                  ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

21. ALI ADAMU                          ADULT                                                 ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

22. AHMADU YA’U                      ADULT                                                  ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

23. SHEHU HABU                       ADULT                                                  ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

24. ISHAKWU IBRAHIM              ADULT                                                   ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

25. MUSTAFA IBRAHIM               ADULT                                                   ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

26. TANKO ABDULLAHI                   ADULT                                               ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

27. JIBRIN MOHAMMED                  ADULT                                               ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

28. JIBRIN WALI                            ADULT                                               ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

29. TIJJANI AHMAD                        ADULT                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY                        

30. MOHAMMADU RABIU                ADULT                           ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

31. SULEIMAN MOHAMMED            ADULT                            ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

32. DAHIRU BELLO                        ADULT                            ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

33. ABDULKARIM BELLO                   ADULT                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

34. MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR                 ADULT                       ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

35. USMAN ABDULLAHI                       ADULT                       ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

36. UMAR GARBA                                ADULT                       ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

37. ABDULRAHAMAN AMADU               ADULT                        ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

38. MU’ÁZU SALISU                            ADULT                        ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

39. BALA ISIYAKU                              ADULT                           ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

40. MOHAMMAD SANI                         ADULT                          ABUJA – KADUNA HIGHWAY

EXHIBITS RECOVERED

1.                    ONE (1) LOCALLY MADE SMG

2.                    THREE (3) AK 47 RIFFLES

3.                    ONE (1) DOUBLE BARREL RIFFLE

4.                    TWO (2) SINGLE BARREL

5.                    ONE (1) RIFFLE WITH TELESCOPE SIGHT

6.                    THREE (3) LOCALLY MADE PISTOL

7.                    ONE (1) REVOLVER WITH 7.62M AMMUNITION

8.                    FIVE (5) PUMP ACTION

9.                    ONE (1) REVOLVER PISTOL

10. THIRTY (30) LIFE CARTRIDGES

11. SEVENTY SEVEN (77)  7.62MM  AMMUNITION

12. 10 9MM AMMUNITION

13. TWO (2) MAGAZINE

14. ASSORTED CHARMS

15. FIVE (5) LAPTOPS BELONGING TO VICTIMS

16. FIVE (5) IPAD BELONGING TO VICTIMS

17. VARIOUS TYPES AND MAKE  OF HANDSET (PHONE) BELONGING TO VICTIMS

18. SEVERAL WRIST WATCHES (ASSORTED) BELONGING TO VICTIMS

19. JEWELRIES