The gang also kidnapped four members of lawyer Oladosu Ariyo’s family - the wife and three other children - in the Dutse area of the FCT.
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of a suspect said to be a member of the gang of bandits that kidnapped Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, her five sisters and their father in their residence in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The kidnappers, unfortunately, killed her Naheeba over a delay in the payment of ransom.
They also killed her uncle in an attempt to prevent the abduction of the family.
The gang also kidnapped four members of lawyer Oladosu Ariyo’s family - the wife and three other children - in the Dutse area of the FCT.
The kidnappers also killed Folashade Ariyo, a 13-year-old, who was initially kidnapped with them, just as they killed Najeeba, who was a 400-level student of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.
A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Sunday, said the suspect identified as Bello Mohammed had confessed to the crimes.
It said, “The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, on 20th January 2024, have arrested one Bello Mohammed, 28, of Zamfara state, in Kaduna.
“The Divisional Police Officer, Tafa Division, acting on intelligence, raided one hotel in Tafa Area, Kaduna, where he arrested Bello, with the sum of #2.25m (Two Million, two hundred and fifty million naira) only, 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 Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on 2nd January 2024, and killed some kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, f, daughter of the legal practitioner, on 13th January, 2024, in a kidnappers camp, in Kaduna State.
“The suspect, in a dramatic situation, offered #1,000,000 (one million naira only) to induce the DPO, who rejected the offer and carried out his duty diligently.
“The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, has ordered that the suspect, who also confessed to the involvement of the already five (5) neutralized bandits in Kaduna by the IRT, headed by one Mai Gemu (aka Godara), whose deadly camp has also been destroyed, be handed over to the DFI-IRT in Abuja for discreet investigations into the matter and arrest of all other culprits responsible for the dastardly act. The suspect is currently helping the police in their investigations.
“While commending the DPO Tafa, SP Idris Ibrahim, for the commitment and professionalism displayed in the case, he further assured that the Police would leave no stone unturned in decimating criminally minded individuals and bequeathing to Nigerians a more secure society for all and sundry in our dear country, Nigeria.”