Two
serving policemen and a naval personnel were among 18 kidnap and armed robbery
suspects paraded before newsmen on Monday by the Kogi State Police Command.
The state
police Commissioner, Mr Ali Janga, while parading the suspects in Lokoja,
identified the policemen as Cpl Suleiman Isiaka and Cpl Ibrahim James while the
naval personnel was Ordinary Seaman Bature Habila of the Western Naval Command.
The trio,
along with three other suspects, were arrested on Oct. 5 for attempting to
kidnap a five-year-old boy at Ayangba, he said.
He said
that the suspects came into Kogi State in a chartered commercial bus driven by
one Daniel John who is also in police custody.
Janga
said that John was to be paid N100,000 for his service.
The
Commissioner said that suspects were rounded up in their hotel room at Ayangba
before they could carry out the kidnap of the boy.
According
to Janga, 11 rifles, including four AK-47, three pump action, four pistols,
hundreds of magazines and a bus are among the items recovered from the
suspects.
Speaking
with newsmen, one of the policemen, Isiaka said that he, James and Habila had
on Oct. 4 left Bauchi State where they were serving in “Operation Safe Haven”
in Tafawa Balewa local government to come for the operation in Ayangba.
PM News.
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