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An informant to bandits, Ado Haruna, who set the criminals against his nephew, Alhaji Bashiru Anas, and his family for abduction, has told of how he got only N200,000 from the N13 million collected as ransom.
The suspect, arrested by the operatives of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was among others recently paraded by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in Abuja.
Haruna, of Angwa Kanawa Dutse Abba, Zaria, Kaduna State, was reported to have taken Shago Yaro, Tanimu Ayuba and Lamido Dantajiri, close to the house of his nephew, Alhaji Anas, and suggested him and his family members as a good catch for kidnapping that would yield a lot of money.
On the day they struck, the bandits invaded the Alhaji Anas’s residence at about 1 a.m., met his absence and went away with his two wives and three children, as well as his younger brother and his wife.
Nigerian Tribune further gathered that the captives were taken to Buruku Sabo Birni and held hostage for 60 days. A total sum of N13 million, four new motorcycles and N300,000 Airtel recharge cards were given to the bandits as ransom before the victims regained freedom. Surprisingly, Haruna got only N200,000 as his share from the ransom.
Also paraded was Nyali Hassan, a kidnapper, arrested with an AK-47 rifle. Nigerian Tribune learnt that prior to his arrest, IRT operatives received a credible information about some criminal elements who specialised in kidnapping and banditry within Makarfi, Bari, Yankin Rago and Beli towns in Kano and Kaduna states respectively.
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