The suspects are: Hussaini Mohammed, 43, gang leader, and principal suspect, Adamu Hussaini , 29, Bala Mohammed,39, Shagari Musa, 38 (died during a shootout with the policemen), Hassan Hashimu, 36 and Ibrahim Badamasi, among others.
The Force spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Diko on Tuesday.
Moshood said that items recovered from the suspects include: four Ak 47 rifles; two English Barreta pistols; two locally made pistols; five set of army camouflage uniform; five military caps; three military boots and one international passport belonging to a kidnapped victim.
Others are : eight operational vehicles; two sharon vehicles; two golf volkwagen vehicles; one Honda Civic; one Toyota Camry; one Mercedes Benz salon car; one Toyota corolla; 95 7.62 x 39mm ammunition; 15 9mm ammunition;
four plasma television sets and laptops.
He said that the suspects were arrested in their hideouts and camps where some of their victims were rescued and the listed items recovered.
Also arrested, he said, was a gang that was responsible for the killing of some security personnel on Kaduna – Abuja road and Abuja –Lokoja road recently.
He said that the suspects who confessed to have R@ped some of their victims, also confessed to the offence and admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crime.
“ Most of the suspects were identified by the victims and for being responsible for their kidnap.
“Investigation is being intensified to arrest the other suspects at large and all the suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of Investigation.
He said that the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, had directed the Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) in the zones and commands to replicate same feat on the highways and major roads.
Men of the Nigeria Police Force have dismantled robbery and kidnapping gangs near Niger - 31 of the suspects were paraded while five were killed in a gun battle with the police -
The police also lost Sergeant Shettima Abdullahi when they were ambushed by the criminals At a press briefing given by CSP Jimoh Moshood, the public relations officer of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), it was announced that 31 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers were paraded. The criminals were accused of terrorizing the Abuja-Minna and Abuja-Kaduna highways. They were paraded at Dikko, near Suleja, Niger state. The names of the suspects were announced on the NPF Facebook page, and it was also announced that five of the suspected kidnappers were killed in a gunfight with the police. Read more: https://www.naij.com/1127315-police-arrest-31-suspected-kidnappers-robbers-niger-kill-5..
Sadly, the police lost Sergeant Shettima Abdullahi after they were ambushed by the criminals. Arms and ammunitions were recovered from the criminals as well as military boots, fatigues, caps and materials belonging to their victims. kill-5.
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