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  • Police rescues 22 kidnapped victims in Niger

    Police rescues 22 kidnapped victims in Niger

    Niger State Police Command has rescued 22 abducted victims who were abducted at different points last week.

    According to the Niger state Police Command, 19 victims who were on transit from Sokoto state to Bayelsa, were attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gidan-Kwakwa along Tegina-Zungeru road and abducted into the forest.

    The joint security tactical team trailed the kidnappers and was able to rescue the victims who were abandoned by their abductees in Pangugari forest in Rafi local government area of the state.

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    On Sunday, six people traveling from Yawuri in Kebbi State to Asaba in Delta State were attacked between Kwana-Barau and Kundu village, five people were abducted while the driver identified as Emeka was shot dead.

    Four of the victims were rescued by the joint security tactical team unhurt within the Kattako forest in Rafi local government area while one of the victims is still in captivity.

    The Niger state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Wasiu Abiodun, stated that effort is being intensified to rescue the remaining one victim in captivity as rescue operation continues

    He said the 19 victims have been released to return to Sokoto State and have reunited with their families.

  • Man allegedly kills colleague over N47,000

    The Niger State Police Command on Tuesday arrested a suspect, ThankGod  Emmanuel, of Sauka – Kahuta area of Minna for allegedly killing his co-worker, Tita Komla.

    Komla and Emmanuel were said to be colleagues at a construction company in Minna.

    The Nation gathered that Emmanuel engaged his victim in a physical combat and killed him with digger after robbing the victim of N47,000 cash.

    Emmanuel confessed to have used the digger to inflict injuries on Komla’s head which eventually killed him before dumping the body inside the gutter.

    He said: “I killed him so that nobody will know that I stole his N47,000, I used digger to inflict injuries on head and he died instantly.

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    “I least suspected that police will identify me as the one that killed the deceased, it is unfortunate. ”

    The suspect was apprehended by a team of policemen attached to Tundun Wada Division after receiving information from one Tete Joe who said Emmanuel called him that his brother (Komla) had been killed by unknown persons.

    Police spokesman, Muhammad Abubakar, confirmed the incident, saying the suspect confessed to have committed the crime.

    Abubakar also said that the deceased died from injuries on his head, adding that the suspect would be prosecuted soon.

  • Police smash syndicate specialized in issuing kidnapping threats

    Niger State Police Command has apprehended a syndicate of kidnappers that specializes in sending kidnap threats to victims in order to get paid.

    The suspects, Kabiru Madawaki, 26, Samaila Wanka, 35 and 20 years old Abubakar Umar. Others are Yushau Audi and Mohammed Sani from Mariga and Mashegun local government areas

    They were trailed  and arrested by a team of police detectives attached to the Command Special Anti-robbery Squad based on a tip-off.

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    Abubakar Madawaki was arrested after a business man, Alhaji Bahago reported to the police that a gang of kidnappers called him demanding N2 million or risk being kidnapped as he was said to have been called some years back to pay the sum of N500, 000 to avoid being kidnapped which he paid to them.

    The Police swung into action and arrested Abubakar who is part of a three man syndicate of kidnappers while the others are still at large.

    Kabiru Madawaki and Samaila Wanka who were arrested in Mariga had threatened three victims with kidnapping and received the total sum of N700, 000 from the victims.

    While Yushau Audu and Mohammed Sani wrote a threat letter to their victim demanding a sum of N4 million to avoid being kidnapped but were apprehended before they received the amount.

    When paraded by the Police in Minna, Abubakar Umar described kidnapping as a deadly game of chance and full of risk at which one either succeeds or get arrested.

    “For one to survive in this country you must take risk otherwise people will look at you as a lazy man. I did not have any formal education, the farm work l am into is not yielding good money and that was why I joined the fast lane to make money.

    “We make cool money in this business, most at times we call our rich victims to go to a particular spot to drop the ransom or faced being kidnapped and honestly they will do as we said because they are not ready to risk their lives.”

    He added that he did not regret his action in engaging in kidnapping, “I am not regretting anything. As i said earlier, kidnapping business is full of risk you either succeed or you are trapped now that I am in police net Allah knows the best.”

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar said that security operatives recovered one fabricated SMG rifle with five ammunitions from Umar while effort is intensified to arrest the two fleeing suspects.

    The Spokesman said investigation was on going, adding that the suspect would be arraigned in court soon.

  • Man kills wife for cheating on him

    A 25 year old man, Bello Muche has been apprehended by the Niger state Police Command for allegedly killing his wife. 

    Bello who is from Gautan Fadama village, Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State said he warned his wife,  Husse Ali to stop sleeping around with other men but she refused. 

    According to him,  he was angry with her disobedience and with anger, he used matchete on her. 

    “I used matche to kill her for refusing to adhere to my instruction, I told her to desist from sleeping around with other men she disobeyed me and I blew my top and killed her.

    “My wife was stubborn, I sat her down and told her the implications of what she was doing,  she ignored me and she had to pay the price dearly. “

    Muche was trailed and arrested by the police operatives while he was trying to escape. 

    The Command ‘s Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar said that the suspect was apprehended based on a tip-off adding that the matter would be charged to court. 

  • 65 years old man abducts, sodomizes teenage boy for one year

    65 years old man abducts, sodomizes teenage boy for one year

    A 65 years old man, Patrick Kalu has been arrested by the Niger state Police Command for allegedly having anal sex with a 15 year old boy.

    Investigations revealed that the suspect who resides at Railway Quarters in Minna abducted the teenager and kept him in his house for over a year assaulting him on a daily basis.

    The suspect was said to have the victim from Marino area of Abuja under the pretence of securing a job for him in Minna and on getting to Minna, he locked him in his house and started sodomizing him.

    Kalu who was paraded by the Niger state Police Command in Minna admitted having canal knowledge of the teenage boy attributing it to the handwork of the devil.

    When asked how he managed to keep the boy in his house without him escaping or without the knowledge of anybody, Kalu said that although he has three children from his late wife, he lives alone at the Railway Quarters adding that he had to threaten the victim to stop him from escaping and each time he leaves the house, he makes sure that he locks the doors and the windows.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Abigail Unaeze said that police detectives arrested Kalu based on reliable information adding that he has confessed to the crime and would soon be charged to court.

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  • 531 Criminal Hideouts Raided in Niger State

    531 Criminal Hideouts Raided in Niger State

    Niger State Police Command have raided 531 criminal hideouts and arrested 1,993 persons in the last nine months.

    The outgone state Commissioner of Police, AIG Abubakar Marafa disclosed this while handing over to the new state Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu.

    Marafa said that properties worth N64.5 million were recovered from criminals adding that 1,934 persons were arrested for their involvement in various crimes in the state during the period.

    He stated that they have been able to fight crime and criminality through community based policing pointing out that the crime wave in the state have been reduced to its barest minimum because of this approach.

    The new Niger State Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu appreciated the crime fighting strategy of his predecessor which made the state one of the least crime free state stating that he will adopt the same strategy in combating crime in the state.

    “I am not coming to this state to sleep. I am coming here to fight crime and reduce it to its barest minimum.

    “Criminals will have no hiding place in Niger state. If there is any remaining, I tell them to find their way out of the state because crime fighting will continue in a more fierce way.”

    Muazu then asked for the cooperation of the officers and people in the state to enable the police achieve its fight against crime.