Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Imo State Police Command Special Tactical Unit led by the Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, in synergy with some local hunters stormed a suspected kidnapper’s hideout in a forest between Avu and Ihiagwa, on 29/01/2024 and arrested of 5 suspected kidnappers.
The suspects include Muazu Awuta, 30 ‘m’ yrs, Abdullahi Abubakar, ‘m’ 32yrs, Ozeru Sabo ‘m’ 25yrs, Saddam Suleiman, ‘m’ 27yrs, Bashir Yahaya, ‘m’, 28yrs all of Jau LGA of Jigawa State.
According to a statement by the Command's Public Relations Officer, Okoye Henry, all suspects are currently undergoing investigation and have provided useful information to the Police that will lead to the arrest of other syndicates at large.
The statement added that on combing the forest, two decomposing unidentified corpses suspected to be kidnapped victims and other items like telephones, wristwatches, shoes, and slippers were recovered.
The command has therefore declared it's intention to carry out further DNA confirmatory test to ascertain the identity of the deceased while fve operational motorcycles of the suspected kidnappers were also recovered.
The command says intense operation is still ongoing in the forest and other identified black spots with the aim of stamping out all forms of crime and criminality in the State.
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