Gbenro Adesina
Policemen attached to the Kogi Command have arrested one Friday Domozu, 23year old native of Jarkama Village, Bassa LGA of Kogi State, the leader of the kidnap gang responsible for the abduction and killing of a six year old girl, Farida Yahaya at the Gabije Area of Kogi State on Monday November 2, 2020.
The victim was abducted alongside another boy, Abdulraheem, 14, who narrowly escaped from the kidnappers den.
Also, a police team arrested one Halidu Usman of Akwanga, Nasarawa State, the gang leader of the group responsible for the killing of an Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Late ACI Salisu Usman at Gudi area in Akwanga LGA, Nasarawa State on Monday June 15, 2020.
Addressing the media today , the force PRO, Frank Mbah said that investigations by the Police team revealed that the kidnappers demanded a huge sum as ransom from the family of Farida before she could be released, but eventually killed her owing to the inability of the family to meet up with their demands.
He said, efforts by the Police team to rescue the little girl led to the arrest of the principal suspect, Domozu, who led the Police team to a deep forest at Gabije area of Kogi State, where the remains of the girl were recovered. The team also exhumed the decomposing body of another victim later identified as Ibrahim Madaki, 40, earlier declared missing.
The remains of the victims have been deposited for autopsy.
Domozu also revealed to the Police that he was an ex-military trainee, who was declared unfit and subsequently withdrawn 5-months into training based on medical grounds, assuring that other members of the gang would soon be arrested.
On late ACI Usman, the PRO explained that his killers stormed his house, killed him and his younger sister, Sa’adatu Usman, a final year medical student of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto State.
The killers also abducted the wife of the victim, Asmau Salisu and collected ransom from the family before her release.
Mbah also revealed that Policemen also arrested four kidnap/armed robbery gang members responsible for the recent series of kidnapping of some staff of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and their families.
The gang members: Abubakar Aliyu a.k.a Maigiwa, 27, Aliyu Bello,18, Ishaku Kabiru, 30 and Abubakar Yakubu a.k.a Dogo, 23, were arrested following police investigations and rescue operations for the kidnap victims.
He said, the Police on January 7, 2020, arrested the suspect, which led to the arrest of two other gang members; Abubakar Yusuf a.k.a Ndalati, 42, and Abubakar Ahmodu, 20 adding that investigations reveled that Abubakar Ahmodu is responsible for spying on and identifying potential victims of kidnap for the gang. “As a matter of fact, he provided intimate details about his father which led to the kidnap and eventual extortion of a ransom of Two Million naira from his biological father. All the suspects will be charged to court on conclusion of investigations”.
