Police authorities in the nation’s federal capital of Abuja have paraded 48 suspects for various offences ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery,burglary and other miscellaneous offense.
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Force Public Relations officer, CP Frank Mba who paraded the suspects at the headquarters of the Intelligence Response Team revealed that a total of 28 assorted weapons including laptops and phones have been recovered from the suspects.
The weapons include 9 Ak-49 rifles, 3 AK-47, 495 AK-47 live ammunition and ten laptops.
The suspects paraded include a 36-year-old man, Abubakar Haliru who kidnapped his relative, one 48-year-old Binta Muhammed in Jigawa state.
According to CP Mba, Binta had given Haliru money to purchase four tricycles, but instead of buying the tricycles, he decided to connive with a gang of kidnappers to abduct his sister and killed her.
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He said Binta was however rescued by men of the Intelligence Response Team after she managed to put a call through.
Another gang of kidnappers said to be operating in Northwest and north-central states were paraded.
According to the Force PRO, the gang is responsible for the kidnap of one Reverend Father Tony Bawa in Kushin Makaranta in Kaduna state.
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