Juliana Francis
The Imo State Police Command has stormed and smashed a kidnapper’s hideout and arrested five suspects.
The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Okoye Henry, said that acting on credible intelligence, Operatives of the Imo State Police Command Special Tactical Unit led by the Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma in synergy with some local hunters stormed a suspected kidnapper’s hideout in a forest between Avu and Ihiagwa, on the 29th of January 2024 and arrested five suspects.
Okoye added: “The five suspects were identified as Muazu Awuta, 30, Abdullahi Abubakar, 32, Ozeru Sabo, 25, Saddam Suleiman, 27 and Bashir Yahaya, 28, all of Jau Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
“The suspects are currently undergoing investigation and have provided useful information to the Police that will lead to the arrest of other syndicates at large.
“On combing the forest, two decomposing unidentified corpses suspected to be kidnapped victims and other items like telephones, wristwatches, shoes, and slippers were recovered.
“The command intends to carry out further DNA confirmatory tests to ascertain the identity of the deceased. Five operational motorcycles of the suspected kidnappers were also recovered.
“Intense operation is still ongoing in the forest and other identified black spots to stamp out all forms of crime and criminality in the State.”
