…Nab suspected bandit, recover AK-47 in Kaduna community***
Police in Kwara rescued the Chinese national abducted by gunmen on July 3 at a construction site on Shao-Oloru Expressway.
This is contained in a statement issued in Ilorin on Friday by police spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi.
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He stated that police operatives on the rescue mission were still in the bushes to arrest the culprits.
Okasanmi added that the rescued Chinese is currently undergoing a medical examination to ascertain his state of health before his reunion with his family.
“The pressure mounted on the kidnappers by the rescue teams became so intense that the criminals could no more stand the heat, forcing them to abandon the victim and escape for their lives.
“In another development, operatives apprehended some suspects trafficking in human body parts as they were taking a human skull from Lagos State into Ilorin.
“On the strength of information received operatives arrested a 41-year-old man in Ilorin for the crime.
“The suspect had earlier received the package from a motor park. Upon a search, a human skull concealed in a carton with his name and phone number inscribed on it was recovered.
“Preliminary investigation into the matter revealed that the suspect actually procured the human skull, a horse head, a chimpanzee head, and other items.
“The other items were recovered in his house and he confessed he intended to use them for money-making rituals,’’ he stated.
Okasanmi added that Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tuesday Assayomo, commended the operatives for a job well-done,
He admonished the investigating team to ensure that other accomplices of the kidnap suspect were arrested and prosecuted.
He also enjoined transport unions in the state to always cooperate with law enforcement agents in the onerous task of getting rid of crime, Okasanmi also stated.
In the same vein, the Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives arrested a suspected bandit, recovered an AK-47 rifle in Mariri Village, Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of the state,
The spokesman of the command, DSP Mohammed Jalige confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna.
Jalige said the command received credible intelligence on the suspected movement of illicit arms around Mariri Village, Saminaka in Lere LGA.
According to him, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yekini Ayoku, ordered an immediate security cordon of the area which yielded a positive result with the arrest of a suspected armed bandit on July 7, at about 1800hrs.
He explained that the tactical execution of this operation was in line with the directive of IGP Alkali B Usman, of intelligence-led police operation as well as a community policing strategy geared toward nipping crimes in the bud.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect aged 25, hailed from the same Mariri village.
” Recovered from him are the following items; One Ak47 rifle loaded 29 rounds of 7.62 X 39mm live ammunition and one mobile phone as he confessed to having been a member of a Kidnapping and cattle rustling syndicate in the area.
“The commissioner while reiterating the directive of the IGP, ordered for a meticulous investigation in a bid to arrest other members of the gang as well as recovering their operational logistics for prosecution, “he said.
He said the CP equally called on the communities to redouble their current effort in providing actionable and result-oriented intelligence such as this to assist the command and its sister agencies to minimize the current security challenges in the state.
