Police nab 15 kidnap suspects in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested
15 suspected kidnappers at, including those
alleged to be responsible for abducting three
pastors and an Army Colonel who was found
deadk.
Some of them also confessed to be the ones
terrorising commuters on the Kaduna-Abuja
Expressway.
 The Police said they have rescued two kidnap
victims, one Engr Mansur Musa and Elijah Afolabi
from the deadly kidnappers.
The Police Commissioner, Umar Shehu, while
addressing reporters shortly after parading the
suspects, said the gang included those who
kidnapped Engr. Mansur Ahmed along Abuja/
Kaduna express way.
He said some of the suspects were found in
possession of foreign currencies and valuables
suspected to have been snatched from their
victims.
Some of the suspects confessed to be members
of kidnapping gangs operating along Kaduna-
Abuja expressway.
One of them told newsmen he was among
members of the gang that kidnapped a Pastor in
Jere, Kaduna state.
The Commissioner said the police were still
investigating the involvement of the suspects in
the alleged kidnapping of late Colonel Ismail
Inusa, who killed last week along the same road.
“In two to three days all necessary information as
regards to the suspects will be revealed as
investigation is ongoing,” he said
The commissioner said other suspects were
arrested by the Anti-Crime Patrol team in Kabala
West for threatening some prominent
personalities from their village and demanding
for ransom.
He reassured members of the public of police
readiness to make Kaduna safe and habitable.
He urged residents to assist the police with useful
information to track down criminals in the state.