Twenty-six suspects have been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for various crimes such as kidnapping and cultism in the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who made the statement in the Lafia area of the state, said two victims recently abducted by suspected kidnappers were also rescued.



Parading the suspects on Wednesday, Nansel said policemen, while acting on credible intelligence, stormed the kidnappers’ hideouts and arrested them.

He said, “Based on credible intelligence, on May 23, 2023, around 4pm, a team of Mobile Policemen attached to Operation Restore Peace, stormed a kidnappers’ hideout located at Ambaka village of Farin Ruwa Development Area in the Wamba LGA of the state.

“They were able to rescue two kidnap victims who had been held hostage for some time, and arrested five kidnappers: Sale Adamu, 34, Idi Halilu, 27, Abdul Sale, 20, Mallam Gambo, 48, and Goma Halilu, 20, all males of Ambaka village. The suspects have confessed to being responsible for a series of kidnappings at Ambaka village and environs.”


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