The Kaduna State police command has apprehended the kidnappers of Greenfield University as well as Bethel Baptist High School students, all in the state.
It also announced the arrest of kidnappers of the 37 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, in Igabi, Kaduna State and the suspected killers of 36-year-old Capt. Abdulkarim Na’Allah, pilot and son of Senator Bala Na’Allah.
Parading the suspects at the police command headquarters in Kaduna yesterday, the command’s spokesman, Mr. Mohammed Jalige, said one Usman Mohammed from Bukuyum in Zamfara State was apprehended by operatives of the command in connection with the kidnap of the students of Greenfield University, Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, as well as Bethel Baptist High School.
“On the 29th August, 2021 at about 0900hrs, based on credible information, Operation Yaki Surveillance team with FIB STS Force Headquarter, Abuja, jointly raided a house along Ring Road, Asikolaye area of Kaduna, where one Usman Abubakar, ‘m’ 41 years old, a native of Adakpa village, Bukkuyum LGA of Zamfara State, a notorious kidnapper terrorising Chikun, Igabi and Giwa LGAs of Kaduna State, was arrested.
“He confessed to have kidnapped many people and collected several ransoms; he also has links with recent attacks on Greenfield University, Bethel Baptist Academy and School of Forestry Mechanisation, Mando, Kaduna,” he said.
Speaking on the killers of Na’Allah’s son, the police spokesman said two of the three members of the gang who killed the pilot were in the custody of the command while one was at large.
He named one Bashir Mohammed, a neighbour of the slain pilot as principal suspect, while identifying another suspect as Nasir Salisu, also known as Uban Dana, adding that the third suspect, one Usman Kano, was at large.
The police spokesman further said the three suspects conspired, broke into Abdulkarim’s house and killed him before taking away his SUV vehicle and other valuables.
He added that the suspects sold the late pilot’s SUV vehicle in Republic of Niger at the cost of N1 million.
