62 suspected kidnappers in police net in Nasarawa
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The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested 62 suspected kidnappers within the last one week.
Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, while parading the suspects at
the command’s headquarters on Monday in Lafia, attributed the feat to
the efforts of “Operation Puff Adder,” an initiative of the Inspector
General of Police tasked with curbing the menace of violent crimes.
Longe said that the suspects, including two women, were arrested from
various hideouts in Nasarawa and Toto Local Government Areas of the
state.
According to him, personnel of the command under the special
“Operation Puff Adder,” raided the kidnappers’ hideouts at
Mararaban-Udege, Odu hills and Gidan Kwano in Nasarawa Local Government
on May 18 and May 21, where they arrested 23 suspects.
He said that a similar raid on a hideout at Kenyehu village in Toto
Local Government Area of the state paid off with the arrest of 39
suspects from their alleged “planning theatre”.
Longe explained that the two female suspects were discovered to be
caterers, allegedly cooking for the suspects and their victims.
He also said that 19 suspected cultists were arrested from Mararaba,
Ado and Masaka axis of Karu Local Government area of the state and had
been charged to court.
Longe added that the effectiveness of the Operation Puff Adder led to
the arrest of the kingpin of an armed robbery gang that ambushed and
killed two mobile police personnel on patrol in Tunga village, Awe Local
Government Area of the state, on April 17, 2018.
He said that the suspect had fled the state after the alleged attack
and had been on Police wanted list before his arrest upon return lately.
He said that items recovered from the suspects included 11 firearms,
115 rounds of live ammunition, two vehicles and one motorcycle.
The Police Commissioner said that investigation was ongoing to arrest
other suspects still at large, adding that all the suspects would soon
be charged to court.
He, however, called for the support of the people through credible
information, noting that the Police could not handle the issue of
security alone.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Nasarawa Police
Command had on May 20, during the inauguration of “Operation Puff
Adder”, paraded 14 suspected kidnappers from the same Nasarawa Local
Government of the state.
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