Police Arrest Three For Alleged Attempt To Kidnap
Three suspects have been arrested for alleged criminal conspiracy, threat to life, criminal intimidation and attempted kidnapping.
The suspects were arrested by police in Bauchi State.
Confirming the arrest on Sunday, SP Ahmed Wakil, Spokesperson of the Command, the fight against kidnapping and other heinous crimes, continued to yield positive results.
“On the 7th day of March 2024 at about 1400hrs, one Yahaya Adamu, of Badakoshi village Bauchi LGA, complained to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU) domiciled in Criminal Investigation Department of the Command.”
The PRO disclosed that the complainant (Yahaya) said on March 4, at about 2030 hrs, an anonymous individual called him on the phone and introduced himself to him.
“He threatened him to produce the sum of N5 million.”
According to police, the caller threatened to mobilise his gang to kidnap either him (Yahaya) in particular, or his family members.
A few days after the threat, the suspected kidnappers were said to have sent him their account details, using a Point of Sale (POS) business account to deposit the requested amount, Wakil said.
“The suspected kidnappers emphasised that they knew all his assets and family members and to prove it, they started mentioning their names one after the other, further threatening that if the complainant resists depositing the demanded amount, he would be at risk.”
He added that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Auwal Musa, directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to discreetly investigate the circumstances surrounding the report upon receipt of the intelligence.
“The investigation was conducted, using modern technology and resulted in the arrest of the suspects, Haro Adamu, 35; Aliyu Saidu, 40 and Musa Umaru, 35, of Birnin Kudu town in Jigawa.
“The suspects were differently arrested in Birnin Kudu town in Jigawa State and Kaltunga via Plateau State,” he said.
The Spokesperson explained that the suspects allegedly voluntarily confessed to the crime upon interrogation.
He added that the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution.
