The Nigerian Police Force paraded the suspected mastermind of the March 28, 2022 Kaduna-Abuja train attack, Ibrahim Abdullahi (aka Mande), and his accomplice, Auwal Ayuba yesterday.
Also paraded were others believed to be terrorising motorists and passengers plying the Kaduna-Abuja Highway and residents within the axis.
Several ammunition, including 48 AK-47s, were recovered by the police from the criminals.
Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who conducted the parade at the Kaduna State Police command headquarters yesterday, explained that the successes followed painstaking efforts by the Police.
Adejoji said that Abdullahi, who before the train attack participated in the abduction of students from Greenfield University in 2021, was nabbed at the Abuja-Kaduna Road flyover by Rido Junction in January this year.
Abdullahi, according to him, confessed to being the leader of the Kaduna-Abuja Highway kidnap syndicate.
He said: “On 12th January 2024, police operatives attached to an anti-kidnapping unit of Kaduna State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), based on credible information swooped in and arrested one Ibrahim Abdullahi (aka Mande ) at Abuja-Kaduna Road flyover by Rido Junction. The suspect confessed to being the leader of a kidnap syndicate terrorising Kaduna-Abuja highway, ranked among other criminals like Dogo Gide and Bello Turji.
“He had participated in various kidnapping incidents, including the kidnapping incident at Greenfield University. He also partook in almost all the kidnappings along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway.
‘’On 27th April 2024, some vigilante members arrested and brought to the station, one Auwal Ayuba, aged 27, a resident of Kubacha Town suspected of being a kidnapper. After a thorough investigation, the suspect confessed to being a member of a kidnapping gang and has participated in several kidnappings in Kubacha, Jere, and Katari axis where many victims were kidnapped.’’
