The police in Kaduna state have paraded deadly kidnappers who killed and abducted prominent members of the society and demanded for ransom.
Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 15 suspected kidnappers, including those alleged to be responsible for abducting three pastors and an Army Colonel who was found dead.
The arrested kidnappers confessed to be the same ones terrorising commuters on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway.
While addressing newsmen, the Police Commissioner, Umar Shehu said the gang included those who kidnapped Engr. Mansur Ahmed along Abuja/ Kaduna express way. The Police also rescued two kidnap victims, one Engr Mansur Musa and Elijah Afolabi from the deadly kidnappers.
He said some of the suspects were found in possession of foreign currencies and valuables suspected to have been snatched from their victims.
Some of the suspects confessed to be members of kidnapping gangs operating along Kaduna-Abuja expressway.
One of them told newsmen he was among members of the gang that kidnapped a Pastor in Jere, Kaduna state.
Speaking further, Shehu said the police were still investigating the involvement of the suspects in the alleged kidnapping of late Colonel Ismail Inusa, who killed last week along the same road.
“In two to three days all necessary information as regards to the suspects will be revealed as investigation is ongoing,” he said
The commissioner said other suspects were arrested by the Anti-Crime Patrol team in Kabala West for threatening some prominent personalities from their village and demanding for ransom.
He reassured members of the public of police readiness to make Kaduna safe and habitable.
He urged residents to assist the police with useful information to track down criminals in the state.
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