Police smash 11-man armed robbery, kidnapping gang, rescue four victims

The Nigerian Police has arrested eleven suspects in connection with armed robbery and kidnapping and rescued four victims.

The suspects have been identified as Hassan Ibrahim, 40, gang leader, Lukman Jubrin, 24,  Yahaya Saibu, 25, Victor Abila, 28, Likita Umar, 27, Abdulahi Haruna, 25,

Usman Marafa, 31, Bello Abdullahi, 29, Abdulmumun alhaji, 27, Bala mohammed, 30, Abubakar mohammed

Items recovered from the suspects are three Ak47 rifles, 72 round of AK 47 ammunition, three locally made guns, cutlasses, charms and sticks.

There are three men and a woman among the rescued victims.

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris NPM, extended last month the mandate and responsibilities of Operations Absolute Sanity to cover Birnin Gwari – Funtua, Birnin Gwari – Kaduna and Kaduna – Kano Highways to respond to the recent occurrence of cases of kidnapping and armed robbery on the mentioned roads.

Consequently, the above mentioned suspects were arrested in the act during an operation that lasted several hours in the identified kidnap dens, camps and hideouts along Birnin Gwari – Funtua, Birnin Gwari – Kaduna and Kaduna – Kano Highways.

The 11 suspects, during interrogation confessed to the crimes and admitted to have carried out several kidnappings/armed robberies attacks on innocent travelers on Birnin Gwari – Funtua and Birnin Gwari -Kaduna and Kaduna - Kano roads in recent times.

The four victims comprising were rescued unhurt from the suspects without payment of ransom.