THE Nasarawa State Police Command, has revealed that they have detained a suspected kidnapper in Jeje Jijipe village, located in the Karu Local Government Area, .
The information was made available today to newsmen in Lafia and was signed by the state’s police public relations officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel.
The PPRO said, “On December 3, 2022 at about 9am, a complaint was lodged at Karshi Division that, on December 2, 2022 at about 2am, private security guards attached to a sachet water manufacturing company undergoing construction at Jeje Jijipe village, Karu LGA, were abducted and taken to an unknown destination.
“Acting based on the strength of the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Maiyaki Baba, mobilised a detachment of police operatives led by CSP Nnamdi Udobor, the Divisional Police Officer, Karshi Division, to conduct a relentless manhunt on the perpetrators of the crime.
“In the course of the intensified investigation, the suspect led the police operatives to their enclave at Hilltop, Jeje Jijipe village, where two victims namely: Sadiq Jibril and Danladi Aku, were rescued unhurt and reunited with their families, while a wooden carved gun used in perpetrating the dastardly act was recovered as an exhibit.”
Nansel revealed that the commissioner of police had instructed that the suspect be sent to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Lafia for further investigation.
He further stated that the suspect would be brought up in court for prosecution after the investigation is over.
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