Gombe Police, DSS, Army foil planned abduction of students

A combined efforts of the Police, Army and men of the Department
of State Security (DSS) were able to successfully burst a planned
kidnap and abduction of students from the Gombe State College of
Islamic and Legal Studies in Nafada, a border town with Yobe
State.

Briefing newsmen Friday afternoon, Gombe State Commissioner of
Police, Shina Tairu Olukolu, who was accompanied by the State
Director of DSS and the Commander of the 301 Artillery Regiment,
said the synergy between the three Forces disrupted the planned
kidnap which has led to the arrest of the suspected insurgent, one
Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed.

However, Mohammed a 26-year-old student of Sharia and Legal
Studies Department of the School confessed to sending the threat of
the planned abduction through a text message saying however that he
did it because he was not ready for the impending examination of
the college, hence, the threatening text message.

According to the Commissioner of Police, on 14th March, 2018
around 1:30 pm, an information from the Divisional Police Officer
in Nafada indicated that an unknown person with GSM number
08165963766 sent a threatening text message of a mass abduction of
the Students of the Gombe State College of Islamic and Legal
Studies to the Registrar of the School.

He quoted the text message which read, “unless the impending
examination is stopped and the college closed down, there will be
mass abduction of students and staff killed”.

He said due to the professionalism of the Services and the
seamless collaboration, the synergy between the three forces paid
off and the prime suspect, Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed was
arrested.

Also arrested were his cohorts, Haruna Mohammed, 28, and Gambo
Mohammed, 37, who bought and pre- registered the sim and used it in
sending the threat message.

The Police who paraded Abubakar Sadiq along with other suspects
also displayed seven pre-registered sim cards and the sim pack of
the sim used in sending the threat message with twelve other sim
packs.

The Police also displayed four different Local Government
indigenes Certificates (Akko, Kwami, Gombe and Yamaltu/Deba) all
bearing Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed. One voter’s card bearing the
suspect’s name and two UN Medals and many pieces of equipment were
recovered from the suspects.

He called on the public to continue to partner with Police and
other security agencies by giving genuine information at all
times.

He, however, warned that people must “desist from taking the
laws into their hands by either mob attack or confronting security
agencies in the performance of their constitutional duties”.

Nigerian Tribune

A combined efforts of the Police, Army and men of the Department
of State Security (DSS) were able to successfully burst a planned
kidnap and abduction of students from the Gombe State College of
Islamic and Legal Studies in Nafada, a border town with Yobe
State.

Briefing newsmen Friday afternoon, Gombe State Commissioner of
Police, Shina Tairu Olukolu, who was accompanied by the State
Director of DSS and the Commander of the 301 Artillery Regiment,
said the synergy between the three Forces disrupted the planned
kidnap which has led to the arrest of the suspected insurgent, one
Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed.

However, Mohammed a 26-year-old student of Sharia and Legal
Studies Department of the School confessed to sending the threat of
the planned abduction through a text message saying however that he
did it because he was not ready for the impending examination of
the college, hence, the threatening text message.

According to the Commissioner of Police, on 14th March, 2018
around 1:30 pm, an information from the Divisional Police Officer
in Nafada indicated that an unknown person with GSM number
08165963766 sent a threatening text message of a mass abduction of
the Students of the Gombe State College of Islamic and Legal
Studies to the Registrar of the School.

He quoted the text message which read, “unless the impending
examination is stopped and the college closed down, there will be
mass abduction of students and staff killed”.

He said due to the professionalism of the Services and the
seamless collaboration, the synergy between the three forces paid
off and the prime suspect, Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed was
arrested.

Also arrested were his cohorts, Haruna Mohammed, 28, and Gambo
Mohammed, 37, who bought and pre- registered the sim and used it in
sending the threat message.

The Police who paraded Abubakar Sadiq along with other suspects
also displayed seven pre-registered sim cards and the sim pack of
the sim used in sending the threat message with twelve other sim
packs.

The Police also displayed four different Local Government
indigenes Certificates (Akko, Kwami, Gombe and Yamaltu/Deba) all
bearing Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed. One voter’s card bearing the
suspect’s name and two UN Medals and many pieces of equipment were
recovered from the suspects.

He called on the public to continue to partner with Police and
other security agencies by giving genuine information at all
times.

He, however, warned that people must “desist from taking the
laws into their hands by either mob attack or confronting security
agencies in the performance of their constitutional duties”.

Nigerian Tribune