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The Nasarawa State Police command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered the sum of five hundred and forty-seven thousand Naira.
Ramhan Nansel, the Nasarawa State spokesperson of the Command, made this known to journalists on Sunday.
According to Nansel, the said amount is part of the suspect’s share of the ransom collected for the kidnapping of one Cironman Fulani at Arugbadu village of Nasarawa Eggon LGA of the state.
“On 27/10/2024 at about 1130hrs, police operatives attached to 38 PMF Akwanga in collaboration with men of the Nasarawa Eggon Division arrested one Abdulkarim Zakari of Konba village, Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in connection to a case of kidnapping undergoing investigation.
“Upon interrogation, he confessed to being part of the syndicate that kidnapped Ciroman Fulani at Arugbadu where they collected a ransom of five million Naira, N5m, and was given his share of one million and two hundred thousand Naira only N1.2m, ” Nansel stated.
He further said that the Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu Nadada has ordered a manhunt for the other fleeing members of the syndicate.
Nadada also commended the officers for sustaining the onslaught against criminals in the state.