The Katsina State police command has arrested a 50-year-old spiritual consultant to bandits, Abdullahi Bello and recovered two motorcycles, eight mobile phones, and several charms from him.
Spokesman for the command, Mr. Isah Gambo, said while parading the suspect at the command’s headquarters in Katsina yesterday that the spiritualist was fortifying bandits in Katsina metropolis with prayers and charms to enable them carry out their nefarious activities against innocent citizens.
Also paraded along with Bello were four terrorists involved in kidnapping activities in the state.
They were Yusuf Usman 27, of Bayan Gidan Lema Jibrin, Katsina; Kabir Bello, 20 of Yammawa Quarters Katsina; Sani Musa, 31, of Tudun Baras Quarters Katsina; Salisu Ya’u, alias Mai-Rafanai’ 37, of Kwarare village, Jibia.
The acclaimed spiritualist who hails from Kandamau village in Niger Republic was fingered in the abduction of one Ammar Abdulkadir from his residence in Katsina metropolis on January 12, 2022.
The bandits confessed to have committed the crime.
They said they conspired with one Ibrahim alias Nnamdi and other terrorists hibernating in Dumburum forest to carry out the onslaught.
Gambo said the anti-kidnapping unit headed by Mr. Alphonse Andrew carried out the investigation which led to the arrest of the masterminds of the kidnapping and cattle rustling perpetrated in the metropolis.
