21-year-old rapist, others, arrested for criminal acts in Taraba

Police in Taraba have nabbed 21-year-old Nozal Musa for allegedly drugging and raping 16 year old Mercy Usman.

Mr David Akinremi, the state police commissioner, said that detectives also arrested Nyali Yelwa, 25, Ibrahim Bature, 30, Buba Gose, 30, and Yusuf Umaru, 20, all residents of Gassol for kidnappings in the area.

“They also confessed that in the last one month, they have successfully kidnapped five people and collected colossal amounts of money as ransom in Baru, Bako, Mararaban Gassol, Karim Barau and Bemal villages,” the commissioner stated.

Akinremi added that detectives attached to Bali Division had in the past month arrested one Abubakar Hussaini who is a member of a criminal syndicate terrorising Bali and its environs.

The suspect, according to him, voluntarily confessed to being a member of a kidnapping gang which in December, 2017 conspired with one Dada and three others, now at large, and kidnapped one Faith Joshua for ransom.

The CP further disclosed that three kidnappers were gunned down at Baba Juli village in the Bali Local Government Area of the state by operatives while others escaped with bullet wounds.

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Items recovered from the suspected kidnappers include one AK47 rifle, single-barreled gun, five rounds of 7.62 live ammunition, two expended cartridges, one cutlass, one face mask and a head tie.

“The suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded,” he stated.