The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, have arrested one Bello Mohammed, a suspected kidnapper and killer of Nabeeha.
Nabeeha, a family member of one Barrister Ariyo of Bwari, FCT, who was kidnapped on 2nd January 2024, and subsequently killed by the abductors in Kaduna.
The kidnappers had released the remaining members of the family including their father who was earlier set free to source for ransom.
In a statement by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, disclosed that the suspected kidnapper was arrested in Kaduna state and since confessed to having committed the heinous crime.
According to Adejobi, ” A divisional Police Officer, Tafa Division, acting on intelligence, raided one hotel in Tafa Area, of Kaduna state where he arrested Bello, with the sum of #2.250m suspected to be proceeds of ransoms collected from kidnapped victims within the area.
“The suspect, during interrogation, confessed to being part of the gang that kidnapped. The suspect, in a dramatic situation, offered #1,000,000 (one million naira only) to induce the DPO, who rejected the offer and carried out his duty diligently”.
The force spokesman said the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has ordered that the suspect, who also confessed to the involvement of the already five (5) neutralized bandits in Kaduna by the IRT, headed by one Mai Gemu (aka Godara), whose deadly camp has also been destroyed, be handed over to the DFI-IRT in Abuja for discreet investigations.
He said the IGP has ordered the officers to ensure the arrest of all other culprits responsible for the dastardly act. The suspect is currently helping the police in their investigations, ACP Adejobi added.
While commending the DPO Tafa, SP Idris Ibrahim, for the commitment and professionalism displayed in the case, he further assured that the Police would leave no stone unturned in decimating criminally minded individuals and bequeathing to Nigerians a more secure society for all and sundry in our dear country, Nigeria.