A 36 year old woman, Bilkisu and her husband Nafiu Yusuf, are currently cooling their heels in one of the cells of the Adamawa State Police Command over allegation of kidnapping.
Bilkisu and mother 8 of Sangere in Yola South LGA, was arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting crime, while her lovely husband was apprehended for abduction.
The accused and her husband, who were nabbed by the operatives of the command, were among the 27 suspects paraded by the Commissoner of Police, S.K Akande, on Wednesday.
NEWS PLATFORM gathered that the woman was nabbed following the arrest of her husband in connection to crime who eventually led the operatives to his residence for a search.
She was accused of hiding an AK-47 riffle which her husband was using in perpetrating the alleged crime.
Bilkisu, who denied the allegation, confessed that she sighted the weapon under their bed and decided to carry and keep it somewhere for fear of children.
According to her, she has neigther seen nor touched such a weapon, and that she saw it after her husband left for farm.
According to her, she hid the weapon for 3 days unknown to her that her husband had since been arrested, saying that her mistake was her failure to report the matter to police.
On his part, Nafiu, said he has never committed any crime with it, and that he was given the gun for onward delivery to somebody.
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