The Police said it has nabbed its biggest catch since the launch of Operation Puff Adder with the arrest of Malam Salisu Abubakar, said to be the spir
The Police said it has nabbed its biggest catch since the launch of Operation Puff Adder with the arrest of Malam Salisu Abubakar, said to be the spiritual godfather of kidnappers and another man who claimed to have masterminded the killing of King Agom Adara, a first class monarch in Kaduna state.
The monarch who was returning from Kaduna in October last year, after a meeting with Governor Nasir El-Rufai, was ambushed and killed, even after a ransom was paid. Also 17 other notorious kidnappers and armed robbers were arrested at different times and places across the country.
In a statement by Force PRO, DCP Frank Mba, police also said they impounded from the bandits 22 AK 47 rifles, five locally fabricated pistols and a cache of live ammunition.
According to Mba: “The kidnappers and armed bandits were smoked out 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”.
Mba said the suspects have positively been linked some of the most heinous crimes committed in Kaduna States and its environs in recent times. All eighteen male suspects listed below are currently in Police custody, assisting in the on-going investigations.
“Although, the suspects belong to different 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’ armoury,” Mba said.
