The Nigeria Police have arrested 45 suspects in Kogi State in northern Nigeria in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes in the last three weeks.The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, who announced the arrests in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Monday, on behalf of Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, said that a special task force was deployed to Kogi State on May 27 and supported by 300 mobile policemen drawn from across the country.
The police chief had deployed a Special Anti-Crime Task Force headed by Commissioner of Police Chris Ezike from Edo State, to tackle the spate of kidnapping in Kogi State.
“The I-G charged the Task Force with the following: To appreciate the worrisome crime situation in Kogi State and quickly design a template to contain the crime.
“To identify all criminal syndicates, their leaders/foot soldiers, sponsors and arrest them with operational precision.
“To identify kidnappers’ safe havens, hideouts and liberate victims,” he said.
The suspects included a politician, who contested the State House Assembly election for Okehi constituency on April 11, but lost.
A 72-year-old-man, who is the uncle of an ex-Minister from the state, a woman, a cripple and some inmates, who escaped from the prison during jails break in the state were also arrested.
A 72-year-old-man, who is the uncle of an ex-Minister from the state, a woman, a cripple and some inmates, who escaped from the prison during jails break in the state were also arrested.
Ojukwu alleged that the politician was responsible for supplying arms and ammunition to the robbers and kidnappers.
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