The Taraba State Police Command, at
the weekend, smashed a dreaded kidnapping and robbery gang, known as ‘Ghana
Gang.’
According to the Taraba State
Commissioner of Police, Mr David Ajibola Akinremi, the gang has been
terrorizing Taraba, Adamawa and Benue state.
The notorious leader of the gang, Tekinbi
Daniel aka Mopol was arrested. Daniel was arrested, along with 15 other
suspects for various crimes.
Akinremi also disclosed that two
men, who early this week attacked a correspondent with The SUN newspapers, Mr
Sylvester Vishima, were arrested.
Akinremi said: “The suspects were
arrested on intelligence gathering by detectives from the anti -
kidnapping unit. Our detectives stormed a suspected hide- out in Jalingo, the
state capital detectives and nabbed Tekinbi Daniel a.k.a Mopol. He is the
chief strategist of the ' Ghana' gang that operated from Benue State before
relocating to Taraba State. Mopol had earlier embraced the Benue State Government
Amnesty programme, but went back to his ignoble trade of kidnapping and
robbery.”
Akinremi said that two suspects who
attacked the SUN Newspaper correspondent had earlier attacked Linda Habila and
Aliyu Yusuf on FGGC area in Jalingo, before they later attacked the journalist.
Akinremi said that the two suspects have confessed to the crime.
Also arrested are six suspected
kidnappers, who threatened to kill two persons in the state, if they refused to
part with N2million each in two separate incidents in the state. The police
gave the victims’ name as Ferdinand Ifesinachi and Aliyu Yusuf.
Akinremi said: “We also arrested six
armed robbers with their arms and ammunition. We recovered a locally made AK47
rifle, single barrel, revolver pistol, two pellets, three handsets and assorted
charms from. We received a marching order by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP),
Mr Ibrahim K. Idris. I want to sound a warning to criminals in the state
to relocate."
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