Gbenro Adesina
Men of the Katsina State Police Command have arrested a human trafficking kingpin, Abubakar Habibu, in Daura Local Government Area of the state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, in a statement on Saturday August 15, 2020 stated that the suspect, who has been on the wanted list of the police in connection with human trafficking, was arrested on Tuesday August 11, 2020, at a police check point along Kongolom-Daura Road, Daura.
The spokesperson said that the syndicate specialised in conveying kidnapped person on motorcycles across the Nigerian border with Niger Republic, for onward trafficking to Libya and Europe.
He said that the suspect has confessed to be a kidnapping kingpin, stressing that efforts were being made to arrest other members of the group.
He further said the command also arrested two other suspects, Abubakar Saidu and Jafaru Aminu, residents of Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State, who were in possession of 12 stolen cows.
