The Nasarawa state police command arrested two alleged kidnappers and recovered several incriminating exhibitions after a victim's report.
According to a statement issued by the Police and signed by SP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations officer, Nasarawa State Command, the progress arrived on February 13, 2025, when Jameson Godwill of 25 years of Ado Village, State From Nasarawa, he saw one of his alleged kidnappers, Musa Babagana, in Maraba Junction.
Godwill and his younger brother had been kidnapped on January 25, 2025, while traveling in an alleged commercial vehicle from Mararaba in the area of ​​the local government of Karu to CBN Junction, Abuja.
The assailants supposedly were robbed of two mobile phones, an iPhone 12 and an iPhone 11 Pro, as well as ₦ 63,000 in cash before delivering ₦ 1,000 for the transport of return to Mararaba.
When observing Babagana, Godwill gave the alarm, which caused the suspect to flee. However, police agents quickly responded to the call of anguish, which led to the arrest of Babagana, Iliyasu Baba and another suspect, Ibrahim Mohammad. A suspicious room, identified only as Haruna, managed to escape.
“During the interrogation, both Musa Babagana and Ibrahim Mohammad confessed to being members of a kidnapping union that operates in Abuja and its surroundings, including Dutse Alhaji, Kubwa, Gwarimpa, Mandala and Sulaja in the state of Niger.
“They admitted to having kidnapped the victims, stop them and demand the rescue of their relatives before liberation,” Nansel said.
The police spokesman added that several exhibition exhibitions were recovered, including a Toyota Corolla with the registration number FK186 EKO, two military camouflage uniforms, a military desert camouflage uniform, a black paramilitary uniform, an identification cardinal Military, a paramilitary limit, four SIM cards from different network suppliers, two Jackknives, a pair of wives, a black boot and a desert boot.
Nansel also declared that the police commissioner, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, ordered that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for greater investigation and prosecution.
The commissioner also praised the officers for their rapid response and reaffirmed the commitment of the command to guarantee the safety of residents.