Police kill 4 kidnappers, arrest 3 others

Kebbi State Police Command said its men have killed four and arrested three members of a notorious gang of kidnappers, armed robbers and cattle rustlers.

Parading two members of the gang, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mustapha Suleiman said members of the gang had a shootout with men of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), in the process, four members of the notorious gang lost their lives.

“We recovered some cows, sheep, rifles and ammunitions from them,” the Police said.The gang, it said, was responsible for the kidnap and murder of one Alhaji Abdulkadir, whose corpse was recovered recently at Garin Auwalu area of Danko/ Wasagu.

The two suspects arrested were Aminu Jibrin and Ahmadu Muhammed. The two suspects, Jibrin and Muhammed confessed to taking part in many cattle-rustling, kidnapping and armed robbery incidents in the state.