Bandits
Kidnappers
Young Kidnapper Reveals
Bandits
Kidnappers
Young Kidnapper Reveals Strategy on Weapon
Procurement
A notorious kidnapper and cattle-rustler, Abdulrahman Muhammad,
said they (bandits and kidnappers) usually hide their guns and
other deadly weapons under the seat of motorcycles when they want
to go and carry out their illicit operations.
In a video obtained by PRNigeria, Muhammad, 32, told Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP) Husseini Gimba of the Inspector
General of Police (IGP’s) Special Tactical Squad (STS) who
interrogated him in a video clip, that he often joined 10 other
kidnappers to abduct harmless travelers on the popular Kaduna-Abuja
Highway, Niger, Zamfara, Katsina and Kano States, while also
terrorizing Zaria/Katchia axis in Kaduna.
The Katsina-born criminal, said he started armed banditry and
kidnapping for ransom, precisely in 2016.
The young kidnapper, said though they received N950, 000 as
ransom for the two women and man they abducted recently, a member
of their gang called ‘Yellow’ raped the innocent women twice, while
they were still kept in hostage.
He said each of their gang-member got N100, 000 from the ransom
paid by relations of the two ladies.
Quizzed by DSP Gimba on how guns and other ammunition are
supplied to them, the middle-aged Fulani kidnapper, said he bought
the AK-47 gun he had been using for kidnapping and rustling
activities for N550,000 three years ago.
“I usually buy a round of magazine for just N1, 000 from one
Sama Dan Galadima. The Army camouflage which I regularly wear when
going for operations was sold to me for just N5, 000. Last year, I
was caught when I went to purchase an extra camouflage. But my
lawyer bailed me after I paid a huge sum of money. There was a time
I was also arrested in Abuja, and I was bailed again. This is the
third time I would be arrested,” he added.
The 32-year old criminal, who said he cannot give the actual
number of persons he has abducted since he joined the kidnapping
trade, disclosed that security agencies arrested him after two of
his colleagues escaped, while they were traveling to Kaduna-Abuja
road for operation.
By PRNigeria