Police Arrest Three Kidnap, Robbery Kingpins In Adamawa
BY AUSTIN AJAYI, YOLA – Three suspected kidnap kingpins and armed robbers terrorizing citizens of Song and Girei Local Government Areas of Adamawa State are presently cooling off their heels at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the State Police command.
This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Adamawa State Command, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, who said that the arrest of the three suspects was carried out on March 20, 2021.
According to Nguroje; “The Adamawa State Police Command, On 20/03/2021 apprehended three suspects responsible for the kidnap of Engineer Elan Jobbo, a principal of VTC Jabbi Lamba, Alhaji Jauro Mamburso and Alkani Zumbe all of Girei and Song Local government Areas, sometimes in May, 2020”.
The Adamawa police spokesman said the suspects namely; Usman Sale (40), a resident of Muleng, Song LGA, Lawali Sale (37), a resident of Bah Usman village, Fufore LGA and Yerima Alhaji Dadi (36), a resident of Bah Usman Village, Fufore LGA, were apprehended at their various hideouts in Muleng and Chigari villages of Song and Fufore Local Government Areas.
Nguroje further said; “They were apprehended following credible information and intense search by the police and vigilante operatives of Song Division
“Investigation so far revealed that the suspects do participate in armed robbery/kidnappings activities across the border between Nigeria and Cameroon Republic”.
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Aliyu Adamu Alhaji, while commending the DPO of Song and his men for making it difficult for the criminals to escape arrest, equally directed further investigations into the case to bring up more human and material evidences for proper prosecution.
