Wednesday, October 09, 2024 - The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old ward head, Usamatu Adamu of Runka village in Safana Local Government Area of the state for allegedly supplying information to bandits.
The spokesperson of the command, Abubakar Sadiq, paraded the
suspect on Tuesday alongside two of his accomplices namely: one Rabe Sada,
alias BBC, aged 62, and one Nasiru Sha’aibu, aged 48, all of Runka village.
Preliminary investigations revealed his alleged
involvement in the criminal conspiracy and kidnapping of four persons namely:
Abdulkarim, Malam Sakoa, Malam Sirajo, and Ali, all of Runka village in Safana
LGA, Katsina State.
The suspect, now residing at Sabon Gida village in Igabi
Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was tracked and arrested based on
credible intelligence on October 3rd, 2024.
According to the PPRO, the suspect (Ward Head) was arrested
after a painstaking investigation linking him to several kidnapping incidents
in Runka village, Safana LGA of the state.
As the investigation is still ongoing, the suspect had during
interrogation confessed to the commission of the offence and further mentioned
the following as his accomplices: one Rabe Sada, alias BBC, age 62, and one
Nasiru Sha’aibu, age 48, all of Runka village, in giving information to one
Umar, a notorious suspected armed bandits kingpin hibernating in Runka forest,
Safana LGA, Katsina State.
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