Troops from 93 Battalion under 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army have arrested one Janet Igohia, wife of a notorious kidnapper in Taraba State.
According to spokesperson of the 6 Bridage, Lieutenant Oni Olubodunde, she was arrested while trying to pick up a ransom paid by relatives of an abducted victim in Taraba State.
The Brigade spokesperson noted that she was arrested after picking up the sum of N1.5 million, being ransom payment for an abducted victim at Chanchangi area in Takum local government of the state.
Igohia, he said, revealed that she was married to Voryor Gata, a notorious criminal and former second-in-command to the late Gana Terwase, a neutralised militia leader in the neighbouring Benue State.
“She is currently married to the leader of a violent extremist group in southern Taraba,” the army spokesperson said.
“According to her, she had previously been married to high profile criminals such as late Terkibi Gemaga aka Mopol, a notorious kidnapper who was killed by troops five years ago.
“She revealed that she also got married to late Gana Terwase, another notorious criminal who was killed during a joint special force operation three years ago,” he added.
Olubodunde disclosed that the Army also apprehended a notorious gunrunner dealing in arms and ammunition and supplying them to criminals within the State and other parts of the country.
The military spokesperson noted that the troops, working on credible intelligence on the activities of the arms dealer, also arrested a suspect, Joshua Dutse.
Olubodunde explained that the troops had trailed the suspect, leading to his arrest in Ibbi town of Ibbi Local Government Area of the state while he was driving to Kaduna State in a blue Volkswagen Sharon vehicle with registration number Rivers SKN-390AA.
Olubodunde stressed that on interrogation, Dutse confessed he was going to Katsina State to bring AK-47 rifles for which he received part payment of N300,000.
“After a thorough search on the vehicle, troops recovered 1 PK machine gun, 399 rounds of 7.62 mm special ammunition and 3 AK-47 rifle magazines,” he said.
He noted that the troops deployed in Mararaba Baissa community of Donga LGA apprehended two other suspected gunrunners who were allegedly involved in extra-judicial killings and cattle rustling with the sum of N600,000.
He gave the names of the suspects as Alhaji Adamu Damisa, 40, and Usman Isah, 44.
“The money recovered from the suspects was part of the proceeds from their illegal activities and 2 mobile phones,” he added.
These days the military and other security agents are doing good job by arresting criminals but they must be dealt thoroughly and the spirit be sustain to restore security in the country. Well done!!!