The Nigerian Police has busted a four-man gang responsible for kidnapping some senior staff of the Ahmadu Bello university, Zaria.
According to Force PRO, Frank Mba, the notorious criminal gang is also responsible for carrying out some high-profile kidnap for ransom operations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kaduna, Niger, Katsina, Bauchi, and Plateau States.
The suspects were identified as Umar Abdullahi ‘m’ 40yrs of kali Kura village, Giwa LGA, Kaduna State, Yusuf Tanimu ‘m’ 23yrs of Kurena, Zaria, Kaduna State, Mamuda Suleiman ‘m’ 40yrs of Barkin ladi, Plateau State and Abubakar Yaro ‘m’ 38yrs from Wase village, Plateau State.
Investigations revealed that the gang are also linked to the kidnap of family members of notable political appointees and business entrepreneurs. POLITICS NIGERIA learned that the suspects were at an advanced stage of carrying out their plans to kidnap a Catholic Bishop in Zaria when they were apprehended.
It was also discovered that the criminals also supply arms and ammunition to Bandits at Birnin Gwarri, kaduna State, Niger, Katsina and Zamfara States.
One (1) General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), two (2) AK47 rifles, six thousand, five hundred and nine (6,509) live ammunition were recovered from the syndicate.
