IRT arrests  3 suspects over kidnap of Kastina lawmaker's wife, children

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police IGP Intelligence Response Team IRT of the Nigeria Police Force led by Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP Olatunji Disu have arrested a gang for allegedly kidnapping the wife and two children of a serving lawmaker Hon. Dr Ibrahim Aminu in Katsina State.

According to report, the IRT operatives attached to the Operation Restore Hope in Yankwani village and Kurani town swung into action and arrested three suspects in their various hideouts.

The team arrested Muttaka Ibrahim, Suleiman Rabiu, and Surajo all male and natives of Bakori LGA for allegedly providing information that led to the assault on the lawmaker , and kidnap of his family members. 

During investigation, the suspect Ibrahim allegedly confessed to the crime saying that he and other gang members were informants to Sanni Tukur AKA Abacha terrorising the people of the villages and towns in Katsina and Zamfara States.

 

The gang had demanded and received eleven million naira and ten million naira for the lawmaker's wife and children at different times before they were arrested. 

Muttaka Ibrahim allegedly admitted to receiving a payment of one hundred and thirty thousand naira (N130,000) from the gang leader adding that one Yusuf Bala of Zaria is his accomplice while the bandit leader collected a total of six million five hundred thousand naira from the victims they kidnaped at Yankwani town

Narrating his ordeal, the lawmaker told Police investigators that he paid a total sum of thirty seven million and five hundred thousand naira to the gang leader to secure his family member's release from captivity.

Buhari Usman, also known as Fedeco, Nazaradeen Ibrahim, Amandallah Ahmad, Ibrahim Suleiman, Sumayya Nura and Yahaya Bura other victims that were kidnapped are still in the custody of the gang and efforts are being intensified to secure thier release. 

The Inspector-General of Police IGP Usman Alkali Baba has directed that all the weapons, arms and ammunition in the hands of criminal elements should be recovered and Thier activities halted in the states.  

The Force Public Relations Officer CSP Muyiwa Adejobi stated that all the suspects will be prosecuted.