{"id":687305,"date":"2019-08-21T05:35:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T05:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"19\">Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from official sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"23\">Police s"},"modified":"2019-08-21T05:35:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T05:35:29","slug":"nigeria-suspected-taraba-kidnap-kingpin-wadume-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/21\/nigeria-suspected-taraba-kidnap-kingpin-wadume-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Suspected Taraba Kidnap Kingpin Wadume Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"19\">Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from official sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"23\">Police spokesperson, Frank Mba, said in a statement that Mr Wadume was arrested on August 19 in Layin Mai Allo Hotoro, Kano State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">The official statement came hours after PREMIUM TIMES broke the news that Mr Wadume had been taken into custody, two weeks after he escaped from a police team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"15\">Mr Wadume was the \u2018high profile\u2019 kidnapping suspect <strong>arrested by the police<\/strong> on August 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">He was being driven to Jalingo by the police team when soldiers opened fire on them along Ibi-Wukari Road, killing three police officers and a civilian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"43\">\u201cThe suspect, who was appropriately restrained at the time of the incident, was subsequently released by his \u201crescuers\u201d after they had destroyed the restraining handcuffs,\u201d the police said Tuesday afternoon statement, emphasising their previous position that soldiers were culpable in the suspect\u2019s escape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"29\">The attack on August 6 immediately <strong>sparked friction between police and the Nigerian Army<\/strong> , as well as a nationwide apprehension, prompting President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"31\">The investigation panel, which includes persons with police and military background, was initially scheduled to conclude its findings last week, but the team sought an additional two weeks to wrap up.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.story-footer-link--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from official sources. Police spokesperson, Frank Mba, said in a statement that Mr Wadume was arrested on August 19 in Layin Mai Allo Hotoro, Kano State. 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