Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Police arrest 11 suspected kidnappers of Sierra Leonean envoy in Nigeria

Deputy High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Maj-Gen. Alfred Claude-Nelson was kidnapped on June 30 along Kaduna-Abuja Road and freed on July 5. While parading suspects, the Force spokesman, DCP. Don Awunah, said that they're arrested through coordinated police operation.



“In a coordinated operation based on intelligence and technical support, the intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police has smashed an 11-man kidnap gang that has been terrorising the North Central states of the country,” he said.

Awunah said that the gang’s mode of operation included mounting of road blocks on highways in military uniforms, surprise attacks on unsuspecting motorists and relocating their victims from one point to the other in the forest to avoid detection and arrest.

Items recovered from them included three AK 47 rifles, 3 AK 47 rifle magazines with 90 rounds of ammunition as well as two sets of military camouflage.

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