Bello Mohammed, a 28-year-old man from Zamfara State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force in Kaduna.
The news of the arrest was disclosed by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force, in a statement on Sunday, January 28th.
According to Adejobi, the Divisional Police Officer of Tafa Division received intelligence and conducted a raid on a hotel in Tafa Area, Kaduna.
During the raid, Bello was apprehended with the sum of #2.25m (Two Million, two hundred and fifty million naira), which is believed to be the proceeds from ransoms collected from kidnapped victims in the area.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a member of a gang that kidnapped the family members of Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on January 2nd, 2024. He also admitted to killing some of the kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, a female, who was the daughter of the legal practitioner. These killings took place on January 13th, 2024, in a kidnappers camp located in Kaduna State.
”The suspect, in a dramatic situation, offered #1,000,000 (one million naira only) to induce the DPO, who rejected the offer and carried out his duty diligently.
”The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has ordered that the suspect, who also confessed to the involvement of the already five (5) neutralized bandits in Kaduna by the IRT, headed by one Mai Gemu (aka Godara), whose deadly camp has also been destroyed, be handed over to the DFI-IRT in Abuja for discreet investigations into the matter and arrest of all other culprits responsible for the dastardly act. The suspect is currently helping the police in their investigations.
”While commending the DPO Tafa, SP Idris Ibrahim, for the commitment and professionalism displayed in the case, he further assured that the Police would leave no stone unturned in decimating criminally minded individuals and bequeathing to Nigerians a more secure society for all and sundry in our dear country, Nigeria,” the police statement read.
