Operatives of Niger State Police Command have apprehended two notorious kidnappers for allegedly disturbing the peace of residents of Bosso Local Government.
INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that the security agents also nabbed one armed robber in a separate operation.
In a statement on Friday by Spokesman for the state’s Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun, identified the suspects as Sani Mohammed, Abubakar Dahiru, and Idris Mohammed.
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Abiodun disclosed that the arrested individuals were apprehended on June 16, 2025, by operatives of the Crack Squad and STS.
He added that Sani and Abubakar were linked to several high-profile kidnappings, including the abduction of a widow in Maikunkele, for which they demanded and received a ransom of N8 million.
The Command’s Spokesman also disclosed that the same gang was involved in the kidnap of two brothers in Beji, for which they demanded a N5 million ransom.
Abiodun stated that after receiving the sum of N2.2 million, they released one before killing the other brother.
He said: “The two suspects later fled to Kaba, Kogi and Zamfara States, until recently planning to regroup, with the intention to invite Yeli from Zamfara and Smally from Kogi State.”
