Police bust fake kidnap gang, rescue 4-year-old victim
The Nigeria Police Power has presented the rescue of a four-yr-veteran lady who became the sufferer of a staged kidnapping in Katsina Thunder, as phase of present breakthroughs in its ongoing efforts to fight crime all the method via the country.
Police spokesperson ACP Muyiwa Adejobi disclosed that the case started with a complaint filed on February 20, 2025, by one Alhaji Badamasi Bala of Madaci Yan Nono Quarters.
In response to the police, Bala reported the disappearance of his 14-yr-veteran daughter and her four-yr-veteran sister.
“Four months later, the older sister resurfaced and, upon extra investigations, she confessed to staging the kidnapping and conspiring with three accomplices, mature 25, 19, and 16,” Adejobi acknowledged. The police confirmed that each one suspects have been arrested and the younger tiny one has been rescued unharmed.
In a separate operation in Nasarawa Thunder, police operatives performing on intelligence intercepted an unregistered motorcycle alongside the Giza–Kadarko Aspect road in Keana Native Authorities Residence. The rider abandoned the motorcycle and fled accurate into a shut-by bush upon sighting security operatives. A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 1 AK-47 rifle, two magazines, and forty five rounds of seven.62x39mm are residing ammunition. The suspect stays at sizable as efforts to apprehend him proceed.
Additionally on June 13, a joint security team implemented a coordinated raid on Kankare and Zurkuda villages in Birnin Kudu Native Authorities Residence of Jigawa Thunder. Seven people suspected of being phase of a financial crime syndicate were arrested.
Items recovered from the suspects include $46,100 in fraudulent U.S. forex, four point-of-sale (POS) machines, 13 Android smartphones, 29 keypad telephones, six energy banks, two license plate numbers, and several other documents believed to be linked to electronic fraud. The suspects are presently in police custody and are being investigated.
“These coordinated operations think the Nigeria Police Power’s salvage to the bottom of to fight all forms of criminality via proactive measures, intelligence gathering, and community partnership,” Adejobi acknowledged.
The Inspector-Overall of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, urged participants of the general public to dwell regulation-abiding, vigilant, and to proceed cooperating with regulation enforcement agencies.
