The two suspects,
Kabiru Seidu and Nuhu Salisu.
The Nigeria Police force
has paraded suspected criminals who implicated senator representing Kogi West,
Dino Melaye, in a case of conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited
firearm.
The alleged criminals were
paraded today after they were rearrested. Two of the principal suspects had on
March 28 escaped from a detention facility in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
Addressing the press on
Tuesday, the spokesman for the Nigeria Police, Jimoh Moshood, said the two
principal suspects, Kabiru Seidu (aka Osama) and Nuhu Salisu (aka Small) and
four other runaway suspects have been rearrested.
Read the full text of the
briefing below
PRESS BRIEFING
REARREST OF TWO PRINCIPAL
SUSPECTS (KABIRU SEIDU A.K.A OSAMA, NUHU SALISU A.K.A SMALL) WHOSE CONFESSION
INDICTED SENATOR DINO MELAYE AND MOHAMMED AUDU AND FOUR OTHER SUSPECTS THAT
ESCAPED FROM LAWFUL CUSTODY AT THE POLICE ‘A’ DIVISION, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE ON
28th MARCH, 2018.
On the 28th March, 2018,
the Kogi State Command announced the escape from lawful custody of six (6)
suspects including the two (2) Principal Suspects (KABIRU SEIDU A.K.A OSAMA,
NUHU SALISU A.K.A SMALL) whose confession indicted Senator Dino Melaye and
Mohammed Audu in a case of Conspiracy and Unlawful possession of Prohibited
Firearm already filed at the Federal High Court, Lokoja which came up in court
on the date the suspects escaped from lawful custody (28th March, 2018). The
case was adjourned to 10th of May, 2018 for the Police to produce all the
suspects in court.
2. Consequently, the
Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni, ordered the IGP’s
Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad, Personnel of the Force
Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to move to Kogi State and
carryout discreet investigation into the escape and re-arrest the escaped
suspects and bring all those involved to justice.
3. As a result of intense
raids, cordon and search operations carried out by the Police Team in some
identified criminal hideouts and black spots in some locations in Kogi State
and other States of the Country and working on active intelligence gathered on
the where about of the fleeing suspects. They were rearrested as follows:
i. KABIRU SAIDU a.k.a OSAMA
“31 YRS” From Dekina LGA but based in Anyagba (Leader of the gang) rearrested
in Tafa Balewa Local Government Area in Bauchi State.
ii. NUHU SALISU a.k.a SMALL
“25 YRS” (a member of the gang) rearrested in Ganaja Village, Lokoja State.
Some of the people who
allegedly aided the escape of the suspects
4. It would be recalled
that working on actionable intelligence, the Kogi State Police Command
personnel and Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad trailed and arrested the two
suspects listed above after a gun battle with the Police team that lasted for
some hours on the 19th January, 2018 at Ogojueje in Dekina Local Government
Area of Kogi State. During investigation, they confessed to the various
criminal roles they played in the commission of several kidnappings and Armed
Robbery in different towns across Kogi State and its environs for which they
have been on the wanted list of the Police for more than two years now.
i. The gang leader KABIRU
SAIDU a.k.a OSAMA revealed that he and his gang have been working as a
Political Thug for one Alh. Mohammed Audu a Politician in the State and that
Alh. Mohammed Audu invited him to Abuja and introduced him to Senator Dino
Melaye and they met on Airport road, Abuja inside the Senator Dino Melaye’s Car
in the month of December, 2017.
ii. KABIRU SAIDU a.k.a
OSAMA “31 YRS” had earlier confessed after he was arrested the first time to
the Police investigative team that Senator Dino Melaye handed over a bag
containing the following firearms one (1) AK47 rifle, two (2) Pump Action guns
and the sum of four hundred and thirty thousand naira N430,000.00 to share with
his boys. The Police conducted investigation into the criminal indictments
against Sen. Dino Melaye and Mohammed Audu and discovered that the two (2) of
them have case to answer. The two (2) suspects namely; KABIRU SAIDU a.k.a OSAMA
and NUHU SALISU a.k.a SMALL were paraded at the Kogi State Command
Headquarters, Lokoja on 19th March, 2018.
5. The Under listed
suspects who played various criminal roles in the escape of the six (6)
suspects and their suspected criminal accomplices are also arrested and will be
prosecuted along with the principal suspects in court.
i. Musa Mohammed a.k.a Iko
‘M’ 27Yrs – one of the escapee rearrested who was earlier arrested for criminal
conspiracy and armed robbery.
ii. Emmanuel Audu ‘M’ 26Yrs
– one of the escapee also rearrested who was earlier arrested for criminal
conspiracy and armed robbery.
iii. John Beneche ‘M’ 22Yrs
– Carried four (4) of the escaped suspects; Kabiru Saidu a.k.a Osama, Nuhu
salisu a.k.a Small, Musa Mohammed a.k.a Iko and Emmanuel Audu after their
escape to their criminal hideout at Ganaja Village, Lokoja.
iv. Seye Atowoju ‘M’ 27Yrs
– During Police trail on the fleeing suspects, Seye Atowoju was arrested in the
process of relocating four (4) of the escaped suspects; Kabiru Saidu a.k.a
Osama, Nuhu salisu a.k.a Small, Musa Mohammed a.k.a Iko and Emmanuel Audu from
their criminal hideout at Ganaja Village, Lokoja to another location to escape
police re-arrest.
v. Danjuma Yunusa a.k.a O2
‘M’ 35Yrs – Accompanied the principal suspect Kabiru Saidu a.k.a Osama to the
house of one Egga Ochai by water side, Lokoja.
vi. Egga Ochai ‘M’ 50Yrs –
He harboured the principal suspect Kabiru Saidu a.k.a Osama in his house for
two (2) days and thereafter went to the village of the principal suspect in
Dekina Local Government and brought one Abbas Haruna (His Mallam) to Lokoja.
vii. Abbas Haruna ‘M’ 30Yrs
– He is the Mallam of the principal suspect Kabiru Saidu a.k.a Osama. He also
orchestrated his movement from Lokoja to his home town at Tafa Balewa Local
Government Area in Bauchi State where both of them were arrested.
viii. Gloria Audu ‘F’ 28Yrs
– She is the sister to one of the above mentioned suspects, Emmanuel Audu. She
harboured him for some days to enable him escape Police arrest.
5. All suspects will be
arraigned in court for prosecution on completion of investigation.
6. The Nigeria Police Force
wishes to appreciate the members of the public for cooperating with the Police
by giving timely information that has in no doubt aided the re-arrest of the
escaped suspects.
7. The renewed commitment
of the Nigeria Police Force to sustain the tempo of the fight against crimes
and criminality in the country and guarantee protection of Lives and Property
remains unequivocal and unwavering.
ACP JIMOH MOSHOOD
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