Bauchi Police arrest 7 suspected kidnapper syndicate, recover 4 various calibre of locally made firearms

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By Akanji Alowoludo, Bauchi

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested seven suspected kidnappers who have been terrorizing residents of Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. 

Members of the kidnap syndicate arrested are: Isah Gambo, 25 years old; Hamza Ali, 26 years old; Ali Isyaku, 27 years old, Danlami Isyaku ‘m’ 30yrs old, Abubakar Isyaku 25 years old; Adamu Alh. Lado, 30 years old  and Usman Dan Asibi AKA Na Mansur, 30 years old all of Mansur and Papa Yalo villages.

A press release by the Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili contained that preliminary Investigation revealed that the aforementioned suspects are the notorious kidnappers terrorizing the Alkaleri community and beyond. 

The PPRO stated that raids  and searches were conducted at their various hideouts during which the following calibres of prohibited firearms were recovered from the suspects. 

The recovered items included one locally-made revolver pistol one locally-made AK-47 rifle, One locally-made fabricated pistol and One  locally-made pump action. 

During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the commission of the crime and more while a discreet Investigation has been launched after which the suspects will be charged to court for prosecution of the established offences accordingly.

Wakili Ahmed stated that the Command swiftly consolidated the gains of the overwhelming enthusiasm and support of the citizens in the State, carried out a series and sustained operations in collaboration with the quasi-security outfit (Professional Hunters) to randomly raided identified black sports, kidnappers Den at Babarko village Via Pali District and Yalo Karekare, Digare PAPA villages Via Gwana District.

Sequel to the unending and relentless commitment of the Command to tackling all forms of crime and criminality in the State, the Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Musa Muhammad therefore directed all Tactical Commanders to embark on aggressive visibility Patrol/Community Policing engagement  which is yielding positive results. 

According to him, from 10/07/2023 to 13/07/2023, Detectives attached to Alkaleri Divisional Police headquarters in collaboration with professional hunters, randomly raided some identified black spots at Babarko village via Pali district and Yalo Karekare Digare villages Gwana villages and consequently   arrested seven notorious kidnappers. 

In another development, on 14/07/2023 at about 0700hrs, one  Saleh Ahmadu of  Ayas village in Jama’are LGA, a commercial motorcyclist reported that on 13/07/2023 at about 2030hrs, two unknown persons boarded his unregistered motorcycle from Jama’are town to Arabic Teachers College located in an outskirt of Jama’are. 

On reaching the school, they used an iron rod to hit him on the head and snatched his motorcycle, he raised an alarm and people came to his rescue, in the process, the suspects abandoned the motorcycle and escaped. 

On receipt of the report, a team of Policemen led by the DPO moved to the scene and One Munkailu Haruna aged 22 years of Gandiyel village, Itas-Gadau LGA was arrested.

Exhibit recovered from the suspect are: one knife, one iron rod used in perpetrating the heinous crime and a bag was recovered from the suspect.