Police in Adamawa State have apprehended 5 suspected kidnappers who abducted an 8 year old boy in Mubi.
The men of the command recovered the sum of N4, 079, 000 million out of N5million paid to the suspects as ransom and also recovered 5 handsets from them.
The 5 suspects arrested include; Zaiyad Adamu, 19, resident of Tashan Gella, Mubi South LGA, Abdulrahman Abubakar, 31, resident of Shagari Low-cost, Mubi North LGA.
Others are; Haruna Yakubu, 21, resident of Kaban Ward and Abubakar Muhammed, 20, and Isa Musa, 21, residents of Angwan Ba-Talaka in Mubi North, LGA.
The command in a release by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM on Friday, explained that the suspects were arrested in Mubi on the 9th October, 2022.
SP Nguroje, added that the command's renewed commitment to enhancing proactive strategies in crime fighting, disconnected a crime network connecting syndicate of 5 in Mubi North and South LGAs respectively.
"The operation, which was carried out by the command's operatives attached to the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), yielded positive result as the sum of N4, 079million cash out of the sum of N5million paid as ransom was recovered".
He disclosed that the outcome of the success followed a report received about the abduction of an 8 year old boy identified as Mustapha Aliyu Fadil in Mubi.
"Interestingly, after receiving the report, the command promptly designed an Intelligence driven strategy and luckily enough apprehended the suspects", SP Nguroje added.
"The suspects conspired and whisked away their victim where they held him captive for 2 days and 2 nights until when a ransom of N5million as demanded was paid to them before releasing their victim", he said.
He said that the Commissioner of Police, CP SK Akande, had while commending the OC SIB and his men for disconnecting the crime network and professional conduct displayed; however, directed the Officers and Men to sustain the tempo as a strategy to curtailing crimes and criminals in and around the State .
He called on the populace to always inform the police on the whereabouts of criminals and their hideouts, and especially those with questionable character .
SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, assured the government and good people of a sustained effort to dislodging all criminal hideouts and black spots in Adamawa State .
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