Police Arrest Husband, Wife Over Alleged Kidnapping Crimes

The IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) working in synergy with Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) smashed and arrested three members of an armed robbery, kidnap-for-ransom gang made up of a man, his wife and another man in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Items recovered from them, according to the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Jimoh Moshood, are one AK47 rifle, a locally made pistol, 30 rounds of live ammunition, charms and a Samsung S6 phone belonging to their last victim.
The police gave the name of the gang leader as Nuhu Fulani ‘M’ 32 years and his alleged accomplice is Yahaya Muhammed ‘M’ 26 years. The last suspect Aisha Bature 23 years is the wife of the gang leader and it was in a toilet in her house that AK 47 rifle fully loaded with ammunition was recovered.
According to the FPRO, “the gang has been on the wanted list of the Nigeria Police Force for some time now. In the course of investigation, they admitted to be responsible for some kidnappings and robberies on the Zaria-Kaduna expressway in Kaduna State.
“The three (3) suspects confessed to the crime and explained to Police investigators the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the various offences traced to them. They were equally identified by some the victims. Meanwhile, investigation is being intensified to arrest the other members of the gang still at large. All the suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of the investigation.”