Kidnappers Disguised In Hijab Nabbed

The Police in Niger have arrested five suspects for alleged kidnapping  and  armed robbery in Rafi and Mariga local government  areas  of the state.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Usman Adamu, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday.

Usman said on Oct. 18, one Alhaji  Ibrahim Garkuwa of Tashan Kare reported at Kagara Police Division  that some hoodlums who were armed with machete, stick and dressed in female Hijab (Muslim females gown) and face mask, invaded his house at Tashan Kare.

He said the criminals attacked  Garkuwa’s wife and daughter, inflicting various degrees of injury on them.

The commissioner said that on receipt of the complaint, a team of Policemen  from Kagara Division arrested the  three suspects – Usman  Daiyabu, 20, Mohammad Nata’ala, 20, and Afani Lawal, 23, of Tashan Kare .

He said that the suspects had  confessed to the crime.

He said further investigation  revealed that the suspects proceeded to the shop of one Hippolite Onyebor of the same address, broke his shop and carted away half of bag of rice, soft drinks, bread and some other items.

” We recovered one Hijab, faced mark,two knives, one phone, one iron and some sachets of Peak Milk from the suspects,” Usman said.

He said that the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigation.

He also disclosed that on Oct. 5 at about 1800 hours, one Sarkin Fulani Iro Aliyu of Kudun-Gure Fulani settlement, Kotonkoro, Mariga Local Government Area  reported that some hoodlums numbering about five invaded his compound firing sporadically into the air and kidnapped his daughter, Defu Ibrahim, of the same address.

The commissioner said that on receipt of the complaint, a team of Police Detectives from Bangi Division swung into action, gave the hoodlums a hot chase and rescued the victim unhurt.

He said one of the suspects, Mohammed Betuwa,25, and of the same address, was arrested.

He said exhibits recovered at the scene of crime were six empty shells of AK 47 ammunition.

Usman said further investigation led to the arrest of his accomplice, Hamidu Alhaji Badori, 35, of Lambata, Gurara Local Government Area.

He said efforts were ongoing to arrest the fleeing hoodlums, and that the other suspects already arrested would soon be charged to court.

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