The Nigeria Police at the weekend shot dead the alleged criminal
who masterminded the recent kidnap of the Chairman of the Universal Basic
Education Commission (UBEC), Alhaji Mahmood Abubakar, on the Abuja-Kaduna highway.
The suspect, Sumaila Sule alias Shaho, was killed during a
fierce encounter between his gang and police operatives attached to Operation
Puff Adder, recently launched to contain
kidnapping and banditry on Abuja-Kaduna highway.
An update on the war against armed banditry and kidnapping
provided by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, said the suspect who
was one of the most wanted kidnappers terrorising Nigerians in Kaduna and
sorrounding towns, was killed during a shootout with the police.
He said eight kidnappers were arrested in Kaduna and Adamawa
States within the last 24 hours while four AK 47 rifles and 26 live ammunition
were recovered.
"A kidnapping kingpin and notorious armed robber, who
recently masterminded the kidnap of the UBEC Chairman along Abuja- Kaduna road
is dead.
"The suspect, one Sumaila Sule, alias Shaho male
(estimated be in his mid thirties), a native of Rijana village in Kachia LGA of
Kaduna state is one of the most vicious and most wanted kidnappers that has
been terrorising citizens in Kaduna and its environs.
"He died in the early hours of 18th May, 2019 following
multiple bullet wounds he sustained during a deadly shootout with police
operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder", he said.
Giving further details, Mba said "the shootout took
place in the evening of 17th May 2019, at the outskirts of Rijana village.
"The police operatives, in line with the mandate of
Operation Puff Adder, were carrying out routine surveillance and raid of
suspected criminal hide-outs, when they suddenly came under gun fire attack
from a heavily armed criminal gang".
He said "the police team fought back gallantly,
repelling the attack and eventually bringing Shaho down, whilst his gang
members fled. Shaho was rushed to hospital, where he eventually died the next
day".
The Police Spokesman said subsequent follow up operations
led to the arrest of the notorious
Kidnapper's gang members.
The arrested gang members include Musa Hassan, 26yrs; Yau Umar, 25yrs; Umar Musa, 22yrs and
Muhammad SANI, 28yrs , all males and natives of Rijiana Village Kachia LGA
Kaduna State.
"Shaho and his gang members have been on the radar of
the intelligence community for a while, as they have been implicated in several
high level kidnappings and other heinous crimes along Kaduna-Abuja road and
beyond", the statement said.
In another operation, a combined team of Operation Puff
Adder operatives, comprising of the IGP Response Team, the Technical
Intelligence Unit, the Police Mobile Force and the Special Anti Robbery
Squad arrested another set of kidnappers
who have been terrorising citizens at Mubi axis of Adamawa state.
One AK 47 rifle and twenty six rounds of live ammunition were recovered from
the gang.
The suspects arrested are: Umaru Ibrahim native of Yadi Buni, Yobe State ; Abdul Maina
native of Maiha Adamawa State and Mohammed Abubakar native of Buni Yadi Yobe
State.
Police said the suspects have all confessed to participating
in numerous kidnapping and armed robbery operations within Adamawa State,
including the kidnap and collection of a ransom of seven million naira from one
Mallam Abdulahi Umoru of Hong L.G.A.
Mba said investigations into these cases were on-going,
while efforts aimed at arresting other members of the gangs still at large
we're being intensified.
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