The Katsina State Police Command said on Monday that it has
so far arrested no fewer than 70 suspected kidnappers from April to date across
the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Sanusi Buba disclosed
this during a press briefing in Katsina on the achievements recorded by
Operation Puff Adder in the state.
He said that the police also recovered 43 AK 47 rifles, two
Light Assault Rifles, 19 Dane guns, two pump action rifles and two pistols
during the period under review.
Others were five motor vehicles, 44 motorcycles, 200
cartridges, 25 liters of Jerry cans loaded with fuel, five bags of food items
and over 1,500 ammunitions, among others.
The commissioner further said that the police had succeeded
in arresting the kidnappers of the Gov Aminu Masari’s 80-year-old
mother-in-law, Hajiya Hauwa Yusuf.
He said that those arrested were Abdullahi Sani, 23,
Abubakar Dani, 25, Rabe Hamza, 30, Marwana Gide, 25, and Abdulhakim Bishir, 22.
The governor’s mother-in-law was kidnapped on the eve of the
governorship and state assembly elections in Match 9, 2019. She regained her
freedom after payment of about N30 million ransom to the kidnappers.
