Five suspects have been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force in connection with the kidnap of Governor Yahaya Bello’s Mother in May 2014.
Reports has it that Hawawu Bello, 80, mother of Governor Bello, the then Managing Director of Fair Plus Transport Services, was kidnapped in Uvete, Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi, on May 29, 2014.
The suspects are: Iliyasu Suleiman, 44, former Councillor and gang leader, Danjuma Ibrahim, 26, Iliyasu Obadaki, 35, Alhaji Nasiru, 43, and Hafiz Yakubu.
The Nigerian police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja.
Mr. Moshood said that items recovered from the suspects include: two AK 47 rifles; 20 live cartridges; one army camouflage inner wear; two army camouflage pair of trousers and two army camouflage caps.
Others are: one black Beretta; two plastic guns; three sharp knives and one axe.
He said that all the suspects had confessed to the kidnapping of the governor’s mother and other robberies in FCT, Kogi and Niger.
He said that efforts were being intensified to arrest other fleeing members of the gang while the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigation.
