Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested two persons suspected to have abducted six students and two teachers of Engravers College in Chikun local government area of the state.
Yakubu Sabo, spokesman of the Kaduna Police Command, disclosed this while parading the suspects alongside 37 other suspected kidnappers and armed robbers.
The students and teachers were abducted from their school on October 3 and released three weeks later on October 26.
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The victims were said to have been freed after allegedly paying a ransom of N13.6 million.
Speaking to journalists at the parade, Sabo, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, explained that a security guard of the Engraver’s College was also arrested for alleged conspiracy in the abduction of the students.
He stated that the arrests were successfully carried out through coordinated raiding of criminal hideouts by operatives of the IGP’s Special Tactical Squad (STS) and the command’s Intelligence Response Team as well as active Community Engagement Initiative.
Also paraded was a five-man kidnap gang that killed their victims after collecting over N2 million ransom in Kangimi village of Igabi Local Government Area of the state.
Sabo stated that the arrested suspects escaped from Taraba State after carrying out several kidnapping operations in the northeastern state to hide in Kaduna State.
He disclosed that several dangerous weapons including 10 AK47 Rifles, four pump actions, two locally made pistols, one locally-made gun, 154 live ammunitions, 17 cartridges, four stolen vehicles and other exhibits were recovered from the suspects during the operations.
Sabo also added that some of the suspects have confessed to a series of kidnappings within and outside the state including the killing of a Policeman in Igabi local government.
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