Police nab suspected killer of monarch, 17 others
The police say it has arrested Abubakar Ibrahim, 37, the suspected killer of late traditional ruler of Adara chiefdom, Maiwada Galadima of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
Galadima was abducted and murdered by his abductors in October 2018, after being held captive for days.
Other suspects arrested are Johnson Okafor, 44; Shaibu Iliyasu, 20; Ishaik Dabo, 38; Mohammed Nasiru, 25; Aminu Haruna, 25; Shafiu Gudau,25; Auwalu Hamisu, 24; Ado Ya’u, 35; Ibrahim Yusuf, 30; Ibrahim Audu, 22; Salisu Ajah, 50; Magaji Abubakar, 27 and Salisu Ali, 18, among others.
A statement by the Force Spokesperson, Frank Mba, on Sunday in Abuja, said that Ibrahim was arrested on April 15 at Rigachikun in Igabi Local Government of Kaduna state.
He said the suspect confessed to the kidnapping and murder of the traditional ruler of Adara and other kidnappings and murders.
Mba said the arrest of other suspects followed the arrest of the spiritual father of kidnappers and armed bandits operating in the Northern part of the country, Mallam Salisu Abubakar.
He said items recovered from the suspects were 22 AK 47 riffles, five locally fabricated pistols and a cache of live ammunition.
According to him, a combined team of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and Tactical Intelligence Unit (TIU) of the police arrested the suspects at different locations and times in Kaduna, Katsina, Niger and Kogi states.
He said the suspects have been into some of the most heinous crimes committed in Kaduna state and its environs in recent times.
The police spokesman said the arrested gang members were also linked to the kidnapping and murder of Mallam Yakubu Usman, 40, of Jere Local Government Area of Kaduna state and many other crimes.
He said the suspects were currently in custody, assisting the ongoing investigations, adding that the suspects belong to different criminal gangs, but their operations were centrally coordinated by their spiritual god father, Abubakar.
