Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested one Bello Mohammed, 28, of Zamfara State, in Kaduna, who is a member of the bandit gang that kidnapped a lawyer’s family in Bwari and murdered Nabeeha, one of five daughters

Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, said the Divisional Police Officer, Tafa Division, acting on intelligence, raided one hotel in Tafa Area, Kaduna, where he arrested Bello, with N2.25 million, 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 Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on January 2, 2024, and killed some kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, daughter of the legal practitioner, on January 13, 2024, in a kidnappers’ camp, in Kaduna State.

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered that the suspect, who also confessed to the involvement of the already five neutralized bandits in Kaduna by the IRT, headed by one Mai Gemu (aka Godara), be handed over to the DFI-IRT in Abuja for discreet investigations into the matter and arrest of all other culprits.