The Delta State Police Command arrested Abubakar Usman Aka Shehu, who was identified as the leader of a deadly kidnapping gang.
In a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the suspect confessed to multiple crimes including the kidnapping of a medical doctor at Issele-uku, Delta State, the kidnapping of the wife and daughter of Mr Godwin Anuka at Ogwashi-Uku, and his subsequent murder, and the kidnap and murder of Ms Esther Ojoh at Ibusa.
The suspect further led operatives to the gang’s hideout in a forest along Asaba/Agbor expressway, where the operatives encountered the rest of the gang and came under heavy fire.
In the ensuing gun duel, the operatives successfully killed four members of the gang and recovered 3 AK-47 rifles and 90 rounds of Live Ammunition.
In another development, in Kano State, policemen arrested Abdul Sadiq, 43 yrs, Ahmad Muazu, 22 yrs, and Aliyu Sharif 40 yrs at Dorayi babba, Kano State.
Recovered from them are 15 locally fabricated revolver rifles, 102 live cartridges, and six expended cartridges from the suspects.
Adejobi said that investigations are being intensified to locate the factory where these illegal arms are being produced and arrest other culprits.
