How We Arrested Bandit Who Kidnapped Nabeeha’s Sisters, Offered Bribe – Police

The Nigeria Police Force, says it has arrested one Bello Mohammed (28) in Kaduna state, who was part of the gang that kidnapped late Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar and her five sisters.

According to a release issued on January 28 by the Police Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Mohammed who hails from Zamfara state, was arrested in Kaduna  during a raid at a hotel in the Tafa area.

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Tafa Division, acting on intelligence, raided the hotel where Bello was arrested with the sum of #2.25m (Two Million, two hundred and fifty thousand naira) only, suspected to be proceeds of ransoms collected from kidnapped victims within the area.

“The suspect, during interrogation, confessed to be part of the gang that kidnapped the family members of one Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on 2nd January 2024, and killed some kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, f, daughter of the legal practitioner, on 13th January, 2024, in a kidnappers camp, in Kaduna State.

The suspect, in a dramatic situation, offered #1,000,000 (one million naira only) to induce the DPO, who rejected the offer and carried out his duty diligently.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has ordered that the suspect, who also confessed to the involvement of the already five (5) neutralized bandits in Kaduna by the IRT, headed by one Mai Gemu (aka Godara), whose deadly camp has also been destroyed, be handed over to the DFI-IRT in Abuja for discreet investigations into the matter and arrest of all other culprits responsible for the dastardly act. The suspect is currently helping the police in their investigations” the statement added.