Police Arrest Suspected Kidnapper In Kogi

• …the suspect had since confessed to the crime and will soon be arraigned in court on completion of the investigation.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Kogi State Command has arrested a suspected armed robber and kidnapper, Umaru Muhammed operating along Irunda-Isanlu, western axis of the state.

Twenty-five year-old Muhammed, who belongs to a suspected member of a gang responsible for series of violent crimes including armed robbery, and kidnapping around Isanlu and its environs, was arrested on 3rd November, 2021.

According to a statement issued on Friday morning by the Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) DSP William Ovye Aya, the arrest was made possible following a report received from a patriotic citizen that some suspected criminal elements were sighted around Isanlu axis.

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“The Police operatives promptly swung into action, trailed the suspects to Koro Village, a boundary between Kogi and Kwara States where Umaru Muhammed was arrested, while other members of the gang escaped,” Daily Post quoted him as saying.

Some of the items recovered from the suspect, according to the PPRO are one locally made gun using AK-47 rifle live ammunition, two AK-47 live ammunition, one single pump action barrel gun, one matchet, and dangerous local charms.

Aya said the suspect had since confessed to the crime and will soon be arraigned in court on completion of the investigation.

He added that the Kogi State Police command under CP Idrisu Dauda Dabban is committed to ensuring adequate security of life and property in synergy with other security agencies in the State.

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