Musa Adamu, one of the suspects that allegedly kidnapped the village head of Hunki, in Awe Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Alhaji Umaru Jibrin, has been arrested by the Police.
The suspect was reportedly arrested in an eatery in the town, where the victim had also gone to eat. Speaking with journalists during the parade of the suspect alongside others by the Nasarawa State Police command, Jibrin said: “I identified one of those who kidnapped me at an eatery. When he noticed me at the eatery, he immediately tried to escape while the food was being served. “It was then I recollected that he was one of those that kidnapped me and I quickly alerted those within the vicinity and he was caught. They released me from their den after my relations managed to raise N600,000 ransom.” Confessing, the suspect, Musa Adamu, admitted that he was among those that kidnapped the village head.
Parading the suspected criminals at the state police headquarters in Lafia, the state Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, gave the names of the suspects, who allegedly kidnapped the Hunki traditional ruler to include Musa Adamu, 26; Umaru Muhammed, 28; Nuhu Muhammed, 38, and Hassan Zakaria, 20. The police commissioner added that the suspected kidnappers of the monarch were arrested in Awe town, with 11 SIM cards of different network recovered from them.
