After spending 68 days in the den of kidnappers, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a local government area in Kano State has been rescued while two of his abductors were arrested by men of the state police command.
Alhaji Abdullahi Fanka, the APC chairman in Rogo Local Government Area of the state, was abducted on September 1 this year and rescued by the operatives attached to the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad (AKS) after dismantling the notorious kidnapping syndicate terrorising Kano and neighbouring states.
According to the command in a statement on Monday, November 9, on October 18, following an intelligence-led investigation, operatives arrested the principal suspect, Shu’aibu Sulaiman alias Lemu, at Kwanar Dangora, Kiru Local Government Area of the state.
During his interrogation, he was said to have confessed to the crime and provided information that led to further operational successes.
In the course of the operation by the operatives, an additional suspect, Mansur Usman of Nassarawa Local Government Area of the state, was also arrested.
He was described as the driver of the kidnapping syndicate who transported victims from one hideout to the other in Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara states.
During the rescue operation carried out by the operatives, items recovered at the hideout included one AK-47 rifle, 18 rounds of live ammunition, among others.
The rescued chairman was eventually handed over to the state governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, who commended the Commissioner of Police for the successful operation and also for the command’s efforts in ensuring peace and security.
The command added that efforts are being intensified to arrest other fleeing members of the syndicate while those arrested will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.
