The Niger State Police
Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers that had been making life
unbearable for the people of Sabon Mariga in the Rafi area of the state.
The suspects, Mohammed
Kwairi, 23, and Emmanuel Idi, 21, were arrested by police operatives attached
to Kagara division.
It was learnt that the
police acted on distress calls that the bandits were asking residents to pay
N2.5m to a bank account or risked being kidnapped.
One of the suspects,
Kwairi, told The Punch that he joined the kidnap gang to make money for the
forthcoming sallah celebration.
“I was looking for money to
buy things for the sallah; I never knew that police operatives will arrest me.
My parents were so angry that they refused to visit me in the cell. Honestly, I
have disappointed them and I pray that they would forgive me,” Kwairi lamented.
The Command’s Public
Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar, stated that the suspects were threatening
to kidnap Sabon Mariga residents if they failed to pay N2.5m.
He added that the matter
would be charged to court on conclusion of investigation.
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