Police foil kidnap plot in Kebbi, arrest four over N30m ransom demand

The Kebbi State Police Command says it has foiled an alleged kidnap crippled and arrested 4 suspects accused of threatening to abduct a nonmigratory of Jega if helium failed to wage a ransom of N30 million.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this successful a connection issued connected Monday.

According to him, the suspects targeted 1 Aminu Garba of Jega municipality by repeatedly calling him connected a recently acquired telephone fig and threatening to kidnap him unless helium paid N30 million.

Usman said investigations revealed that 1 of the victim’s relatives allegedly supplied his telephone fig to the suspects.

He added that the suspects disguised their identities by speaking successful a fake Fulani accent during the telephone calls to intimidate the victim.

“Based connected credible intelligence, the constabulary tracked and arrested the suspects identified arsenic Muhammad Shafiu, Mansur Ibrahim and Muhammed Sulaiman, who are presently successful constabulary custody,” the connection said.

The constabulary spokesperson said investigations into the lawsuit are ongoing and that each the suspects volition beryllium charged successful tribunal erstwhile the probe is concluded.

He besides quoted the Commissioner of Police successful the stat...