By hammed hammed From osun
Associated female kidnappers with the 6 Unit, 93 Regiment of the Nigerian Armed Force have captured a lady in Taraba State while purportedly attempting to get a payoff for a seized casualty.
The representative of the Unit, Olobodunde Oni, uncovered this in a proclamation on Thursday.
Janet Igohia, 31, was captured after supposedly getting N1.5 million in a pay-off installment for a casualty snatched at Chanchangi in Takum LGA of the state, Mr. Oni said.
The suspect, it was learned, was hitched to the second-in-order of the late famous criminal in Benue State, Hana Terwase.
“She is at present hitched to the head of a brutal fanatic gathering in southern Taraba. As per her, she had recently been hitched to high-profile crooks, for example, the late Terkibi Gemaga, otherwise known as Mopol, an infamous hijacker who was killed by troops quite a while back.
“She uncovered that she likewise got hitched to late Gana Terwase, one more famous criminal who was killed during a joint extraordinary power activity a long time back,” he said.
Mr. Oni, a lieutenant, likewise unveiled that one Joshua Idah, 45, a supposed famous gunrunner, was likewise captured.
He said Mr. Idaho was providing arms to hoodlums inside Taraba and different pieces of the country.
“Following up on knowledge, the soldiers followed the suspect, prompting his capture in Ibbi town of Ibbi near the government Region of the state, while he was heading to Kaduna State in a blue Volkswagen Sharon vehicle with enrollment number Streams SKN-390AA.
Mr. Oni said on cross-examination, Mr. Idaho admitted he was going to Katsina State to bring AK-47 rifles, for which he got part of N300,000.
“After a careful pursuit of the vehicle, troops recuperated 1 PK assault rifle, 399 rounds of 7.62 mm extraordinary ammo, and 3 AK-47 rifle magazines,” he said.
The assertion likewise uncovered that fighters conveyed in Mararaba Baissa in Donga LGA captured two other thought gunrunners who were supposedly engaged in extra-legal killings and steers stirring, with the amount of N600,000 recuperated from them.
“The cash recuperated from the suspects was essential for the returns from their criminal operations and 2 Techno cell phones,” he added.
He gave the names of the suspects as Alhaji Adamu Damisa (40 years of age) and Usman Isah (44 years of age).
