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EKO HOT BLOG reports that three local hunters have been arrested in Adamawa State for allegedly engaging in kidnapping activities.
The three suspects had been conspiring with others to aid kidnapping across the state’s Girei and Fufore Local Government Areas, according to the Nigeria Police state command, which made the arrest.
SP Suleiman Nguroje, the state Police Public Relations Officer, said the suspects, Auwal Mohammed, 28, Isa Umaru, 40, and Rabiu Mohammed, 19, “have been terrorizing Girei, Daware, and Pariya villages” in the indicated LGAs, according to a statement obtained on Sunday.
He claimed that the three, who are all members of the Tambajam and Tsigire Villages of Fufore and Song LGAs as community vigilantes, are collaborators in the nefarious kidnapping activities taking place in that axis.
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“So far, investigation has revealed that the above suspects betrayed the community’s trust in them as people protecting lives and properties by supplying food and other necessities to their fellow kidnappers in the area,” he added.
“The suspects were found with a locally made pistol, a TVS motorcycle, food, mats, ropes, and other items,” Nguroje said.
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