KATSINA: A ward head, Usamatu Adamu, 45 of Runka village, Safana LGA has been arrested by the Police for aiding the kidnap of four persons in Katsina state.
ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, the Police Public Relations Officer disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Katsina on Tuesday
According to him, on October 3rd, 2024, based on credible intelligence, the command successfully tracked and arrested the ward head, now residing at Sabon Gida village, Igabi LGA, Kaduna state, in connection with a suspected case of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping.
He said the suspect Ward Head was arrested after a painstaking investigation following credible intelligence linking him to several kidnapping incidents in Runka, Safana LGA of the state.
Preliminary investigations, he added revealed that, the suspect was allegedly involved in the criminal conspiracy and kidnapping of Abdulkarim, Malam Sakoa, Malam Sirajo and one Ali, all of Runka village, in Safana LGA.
The suspect, he said confessed to the commission of the offense and further mentioned one Rabe Sada alias BBC 62 and Nasiru Shuaibu, 48, all of Runka village as his accomplices who were giving information to one Umar, a notorious suspected armed bandits kingpin hibernating in Runka forest, Safana LGA, Katsina State. The investigation is still ongoing.
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Similarly, on September 27th, 2024, at about 1216hrs, the Katsina State Police Command succeeded in arresting a suspected rapist for the brutal assault and attempted murder of a 16-year-old girl in Ambassadors quarters, Katsina.
According to the Police command image maker, the victim was sent on an errand by her mother when the suspect, one Usman Mohammed Iyal, 24 of Ambassadors quarters, armed with a knife, accosted, threatened, and dragged her into an uncompleted building where he then violently assaulted and raped the victim.
In a desperate bid to conceal his crime, he added that, the suspect threw the victim into a nearby well and hurled stones down the well, with intent to kill the victim.
However, upon the victim’s disappearance, her father one Abdullahi Sabitu, reported the incident at the GRA divisional police headquarters, leading to swift action.
An investigation was immediately launched, successfully rescued the victim from the well and arrested the suspect. The victim is currently receiving medical attention. Investigation is currently ongoing.
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