Police Parade Suspected Kidnapper, Drug Dealer In Niger
Category: Crime News
The Niger State Police Command has arrested one Shehu Baidu, suspected of being
a member of a kidnapping syndicate terrorizing Gurara, Lapai Local government
areas and its environs.
The state command, through the Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement, said the suspect was
picked following intelligence.
Shehu Baidu, an 18-year-old from
Kango, Lapai LG, the police disclosed, confessed that between May 2021 and
August 2022, he conspired with his gang members and invaded Gurara Dam Site and
Maijaki village, where they kidnapped 10 persons.
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The police
spokesman revealed that the suspect and his other seven gang members collected a
ransom of N2.6 million before setting the captives free.
The gang
members, including Mamman Mallam, Sidi, Buba, Shehu, Abubakar, Kura-Kura and
Chede, all males of no fixed address, operated with three AK-47 rifles during
the attacks on the communities.
According to him, “he further
confessed that in August, 2022, he contacted one Shehu of Saminaka village via
Lapai to purchase five soft drinks, five packets of cigarette and two loaves of
bread for him to take same to his gang members in their hideout.”
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Similarly, Abiodun further disclosed that the command arrested a
suspected drug dealer, Chinedu Makata, aged 34 years of Enugu State, who resides
in Bangi, Mariga LG.
He stated, “during the raid, 47 wraps of
suspected Indian hemp and some other suspected hard drugs were recovered from
the shop.
“In the process of effecting the arrest of the said shop
owner, he pulled out a locally made gun and threatened to shoot the police
operatives. However, he was later disarmed and arrested by the police team.”
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Suspects have been arraigned in court for prosecution.
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