Akinmoyede said, “The command, after a painstaking analysis of the intelligence at its disposal, carried out a well-coordinated and sweeping raid of the hideouts of some kidnap suspects
The police in Plateau State have been arrested 11 persons for attacking the state-owned polytechnic staff quarters and kidnapping residents.
Among those kidnapped by the gang is the younger sister of the institution’s Assistant Registrar, Abigail Amos, and the 12-year-old son of the institution’s Chaplain, Kim Dido.
The two regained their freedom after an unspecified amount of ransom was paid to their abductors.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Isaac Akinmoyede, while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Jos, the capital, on Thursday, gave their names as Bashiru Mohammed, Umar Adamu, Yusuf Adamu, Mustapha Mohammed and Shaibu Ado.
Others were Dantani Umar, Samaila Saranu Shitu, Adamu Mohammed, Hashimu Ya’u, Jibiro Damuna and Abubakar Hassan.
Akinmoyede said, “The command, after a painstaking analysis of the intelligence at its disposal, carried out a well-coordinated and sweeping raid of the hideouts of some kidnap suspects and that resulted in the arrest of 11 of them.
“During interrogation, Bashiru Mohammed and Umar Adamu confessed to have kidnapped a lot of persons and both mentioned Yusuf Adamu, Hashimu Ya’u, Mustapha Mohammed and Shaibu Ado as members of their syndicate responsible for the kidnap at Plateau State Polytechnic Staff Quarters on 21/02/2019.”