Suspects arrested after kidnapping lawmaker’s wife, kids, collecting N36m ransom

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested three suspects who orchestrated the kidnap of the wife and children of a serving lawmaker, Dr. Ibrahim Aminu, in Katsina State.

The suspects were arrested by Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team.

This followed credible information and intelligence gathering.

The suspects have been identified as Muttaka Ibrahim, Suleiman Rabiu and Surajo, all male and natives of Bakori Local Government Area for allegedly supplying the information that led to the lawmaker’s family being kidnapped.

Aminu, while narrating the incident to the police, reportedly said: “I paid a total sum of N37,500,000 to the gang leader to secure the release of my family from the gang’s captivity.”

The police explained: “Following the intelligence reports on the activities of the deadly criminal gangs, IRT operatives attached to the Operation Restore Hope of the Force in Yankwani village and Kurani town, swung into action and arrested the suspects in their various hideouts.”

It was gathered during the investigation, Muttaka Ibrahim confessed to the crime, saying that he and other gang members were informants to Sanni Tukur aka Abacha, who had been terrorising villages and towns in Katsina and Zamfara states.

“They were said to have volunteered information to the bandit leader, leading to the kidnapping of Honourable Dr. Ibrahim Aminu’s wife and six other natives. Other victims of the syndicate’s criminal gang include Buhari Usman, also known as Fedeco, Nazaradeen Ibrahim, Amandallah Ahmad, Ibrahim Suleiman, Sumayya Nura, and Yahaya Bura who are currently in the captivity of the gang,” stated the police.

The kidnappers after abducting the wife of the lawmaker, Rabi Yusuf, and two of his male children, had demanded and received N11 million and N10 million for his children at different times.

While fielding questions from the Police, Ibrahim confessed to have received N130,000 from the gang leader, adding that Yusuf Bala of Zaria is his accomplice.

He also admitted that the bandit leader collected a total of N6,500,000 from the victims they kidnapped at Yankwani Town.

The police have also announced that the suspects will be charged in court.