Police arrest two who set friend up for abduction in Katsina

<p>Two suspected bandits’ informants are currently in the custody of the Katsina State Police Command for conspiring and setting up their friend for abduction.</p>, <p>Police Public Relations Officer ASP Sadiq Abubakar disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.</p>, <p>Sadiq identified the suspects as Mohammed Bello, alias Dan Ali, of Sabon Gari, Ikara LGA, Kaduna State, and Abubakar Mohammed of Kumbotso LGA, Kano.</p>, <p>Part of the statement made available to newsmen by Sadiq reads: “On July 12, 2023, the duo criminally conspired, deceived, and lured their friend, Salmanu, to a point between Funtua and Zamfara State, where they planned with one notorious bandit leader, Gotta, hibernating in Zamfara forest, who kidnapped the victim.</p>, <p>“In the course of the investigation, the duo were traced and arrested in connection with the offence, and they have since confessed to the commission of the offence.”</p>, <p>In addition, police operatives in Katsina said they recovered one stolen Jin Cheng motorcycle from a suspected motorcycle thief, Sadiq Abdullahi, 22, of Rafin Dadi Quarters in Katsina, the state capital.</p>, <p>According to Sadiq, nemesis caught up with the suspect when he was accosted by men of the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit on routine patrol along Katsina-Jibia Road while he was in possession of a white Jing Cheng motorcycle. When interrogated, the suspect confessed to having stolen the motorcycle from Ahmad Lawal Babaye of Gafai Quarters, Katsina.</p>, <p>The suspect also indicted Surajo Sani, a resident of Magamar, Jibia LGA, as the receiver of his stolen items. He mentioned Sani Abba, alias Uban Shegu, of Kofar Yandaka Quarters, Katsina, and Hamisu Mamman as his abettors.</p>, <p>The investigation is ongoing, ASP Sadiq said.</p>