Monday, September 1, 2025 - A combined team of Policemen from Benue and Enugu States have arrested a suspected kidnapper’s gang leader identified as Yusuf Muhamed, in Orokam, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State.
It was gathered that the suspect and his group had been
terrorising some communities in the local government leading the chairman of
the local government to impose curfew in the council.
One of the residents, Mike Agbo said that the gang leader
and others were apprehended during the week.
“The suspect’s identity was confirmed by three kidnapped
victims who revealed that Muhamed was the officer in charge of torture in the
kidnappers’ camp,” he said.
The chairman of Ogbadibo LGA, Sunday Ajunwa, who
confirmed the incident to journalists on Saturday, August 30, said that the
kidnapper’s gang leader was arrested by combined teams of policemen and
vigilance group in the area.
“It is true that Yusuf has been arrested by the combined
team of Police from Makurdi and Enugu as well as the vigilante in the area. He
attempted to run but the youths pursued and caught him. Those he kidnapped made
a confessional statement of how he tortured them in captivity,” Ajunwa said.
The chairman added that the suspect alongside 21 other
suspects was in police custody.
Ajunwa who also confirmed that the rampant insecurity in
his council made him impose curfew from 6pm to 6am said that the security
situation in the area has improved.
"The security situation in Orokam is stable though
the curfew from 6pm to 6am is still enforced. But I am thinking of lifting it
after meeting with security agencies and stakeholders,” the chairman
added.
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