Police Nab Kidnappers’
Police Nab Kidnappers’ Spiritual Father, Killers of
Kajuru Chief, Others
OPERATION PUFF ADDER: EIGHTEEN (18) MORE NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPERS
ARRESTED, TWENTY-TWO (22) AK 47 RIFFLES, FIVE (5) LOCALLY-MADE
PISTOLS, A CACHE OF LIVE AMMUNITION RECOVERED
• IGP restates commitment on ending violent crime across the
country
Sequel to the arrest of the “Spiritual Father” of kidnappers and
armed bandits operating in the Northern part of the country, one
Mallam Salisu Abubakar, Police detectives attached to Operation
Puff Adder, through a series of detailed, intensive and sustained
investigative operations, successfully arrested eighteen (18) more
notorious kidnappers and armed robbers at different times and
places across the country. A total of twenty- two (22) AK 47
riffles, five (5) locally fabricated pistols and a cache of live
ammunition were recovered from the bandits.
The combined team of crack detectives from IRT, TIU and other
Operatives, using actionable intelligence obtained from the
Spiritual god father of the kidnappers and other multiple sources,
tactically “smoked out” the kidnappers and armed bandits from their
hide-outs in Birnin Gwari, Rijana, Katari, Mai Daro and Buruku
Forests in Kaduna State before they were eventually arrested at
different locations and times in Kaduna, Katsina, Niger and Kogi
states respectively.
Meanwhile, Police investigations have positively linked the
arrested suspects to some of the most heinous crimes committed in
kaduna States and its environs in recent times. Specifically for
example, Abubakar Ibrahim alias Dan Habu, aged 37 years and a
native of Kabam in Igabi local Government Area of Kaduna state, who
was arrested on the 15th April 2019 at Rigachikun in Igabi Local
Government Area of Kaduna State, confessed to the Kidnapping and
gruesome murder of HRH King Agom Adara of Kajuru LGA and many other
kidnappings and murders. Similarly, the arrested gang members were
also indicted by investigations for the kidnap and murder of Mallam
Yakubu Usman, 40 years old male of Jere LGA, Kaduna State and many
other crimes.
All the eighteen (18) male suspects listed below are currently
in Police custody, assisting in the on-going investigations. They
are: Abubakar Ibrahim Alias Dan Habu, 37 years native of Igabi
local Government Area of Kaduna State; Johnson Okafor 44 years,
native of Anambra State and resident of Suleja Local Government
Area of Niger State; Shaibu Iliyasu Alias Smally, 20 years native
of Rijiana Kaduna Road Abuja; Ishaik Dabo Alias Keke 38 years
native of Maraban Jos Igabi LGA of Kaduna State; Mohammed Nasiru 25
year native of Manunfashi LGA of Katsina State; Aminu Haruna 25
years native of Galadimawa Village in Giwa LGA of Kaduna State;
Shafiu Alhaji Gudau 25 years native of Sabuwa LGA of Katsina State;
Auwalu Hamisu 24 years native of Tashan Fulani village in
Manunfashi LGA of Katsina State; Ado Ya’u, 35 years native Of
Rigoji Village in Kafur LGA of Katsina State; Ibrahim Yusuf, 30yrs
native of Kujama Village Kaduna State; Ibrahim Audu, 22yrs native
of Kujama Village Kaduna State; Salisu Ajah, 50yrs native of
Galadimawa Village Giwa LGA Kaduna State; Nasiru Umaru, 25yrs
native of Manumfashi LGA Katsina State; Magaji Abubakar, 27yrs
native of Kujama Village Kaduna State; Salisu Ali, 18yrs native of
Kujama Village Kaduna State; Lawal Shadari, 22yrs native of Rijiana
Village Kaduna State; Junaidu Lawal, 18yrs native of Rijiana
Village Kaduna State and Usman Musa, 43yrs native of Rijiana
Village Kaduna State.
Although, the suspects belong to different loose, fairly
independent but vicious criminal gangs, their operations are
centrally coordinated by their spiritual god father Mallam Salisu
Abubakar. Efforts are currently being intensified to arrest other
gang members still at large, and recover all weapons in the gangs’
armory.
While commending his men for this and many other feats, the IGP
re-assures the nation that Nigeria Police working in concert with
other security agencies will not rest on its oars until kidnappings
and other violent crimes are subdued, and sanity restored to the
land.
DCP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA