TROOPS ARREST SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER, RECOVER N400,000 CASH IN OYO

May 24, 2024

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Troops have arrested a suspected kidnapper in Oyo State as part of efforts to get rid of criminal activities in the country.

The suspect was taken into custody during a stop-and-search operation along the Igboho-Igbeti Road in the Igbeti Local Government Area of the South-Western state, according to a statement released by the army on Friday.

“The troops intercepted a suspected kidnapper, Usman Mohammed Aliyu, who was found in possession of four hundred thousand naira (N400,000.00),” the statement read.

“During further investigation, Aliyu confessed to being involved in cattle rustling and kidnapping. The suspects will be handed over to appropriate prosecuting agencies after investigations.”

A suspected kidnapper’s hideout in Ajegunle Mpape, in the Bwari area council of Abuja, the capital of the country, was stormed by military acting on valid intelligence in another location.

During the raid, troops nabbed “an informant suspect named Ashiru Mohammed with two female accomplices, Raham Abubakar and Sadiya Mohammed.”

“The suspects were found in possession of one Beretta pistol, one pistol magazine, and 21 rounds of 9mm ammunition. The troops also recovered five ATM cards from different banks, two mobile phones, and suspected illicit drugs. The suspects are currently helping in further investigations,” the statement read