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Mastermind of UBEC chairman kidnap dies during gun duel with Police

Mastermind of UBEC chairman kidnap dies during gun duel with Police

• 7 kidnappers arrested, arms recovered

Mastermind of UBEC chairman kidnap  dies  during gun duel with  Police

The mastermind of the kidnap of the Universal Basic Education Commission ( UBEC ) board chairman, Mohammed Mahmud along Abuja- Kaduna road has been shot dead.
The suspect, Sumaila Sule ( a.k.a Shaho), a native of Rijana village in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, described by the police as a most vicious and most wanted kidnapper and his gang had been terrorising citizens in Kaduna and its environs.
He died at the weekend following multiple bullet wounds he sustained during a shootout with police operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder.

In a statement by Force Public Relations Officer ( FPRO) DCP Frank Mba, said: ” The shootout took place at the weekend in the outskirts of Rijana village. The police operatives, in line with the mandate of Operation Puff Adder, were carrying out routine surveillance and raid of suspected criminal hide-outs, when they suddenly came under gunfire attack from a heavily armed criminal gang. The police team fought back gallantly, repelling the attack and eventually brought Shaho down, whilst his gang members fled. Shaho was rushed to the hospital, where he eventually died the next day.

” Meanwhile, acting on information elicited from the suspect before his death, police operatives, carried out sweeping follow-up operations at different target locations. These coordinated operations led to the arrest of four other members of Shaho’s gang and the recovery of three AK 47 rifles. The arrested gang members include Musa Hassan 26, Yau Umar 25, Umar Musa 22 and Muhammad Sani 28. They are natives of Rijiana village Kachia LGA Kaduna State. Shaho and his gang members have been on the radar of the intelligence community for a while, as they have been implicated in several high-level kidnappings and other heinous crimes along Kaduna-Abuja road and beyond.

” In a similar vein, a combined team of Operation Puff Adder operatives, comprising of the IGP Response Team, the Technical Intelligence Unit, the Police Mobile Force and the Special Anti Robbery Squad have arrested another set of kidnappers who have been terrorising citizens at Mubi axis of Adamawa state. One AK 47 rifle and 26 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from the gang “.

DCP Mba continued that: ” The suspects arrested are Umaru Ibrahim native of Yadi Buni, Yobe State; Abdul Maina native of Maiha Adamawa State and Mohammed Abubakar native of Buni Yadi Yobe State. The suspects have all confessed to participating in numerous kidnapping and armed robbery operations within Adamawa State, including the kidnap and collection of a ransom of N7 million from Mallam Abdullahi Umoru of Hong L.G.A.
Investigations into these cases are on-going, while efforts aimed at arresting other members of the gangs still at large are being intensified.

” While commending police operatives for their gallantry, as well as selfless service to the nation and humanity, the Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu has reassured Nigerians that the war against crimes and criminality will soon be won. The IGP called for continuous support for the police and other law enforcement agencies, promising that the security agencies will not rest on their oars till normalcy is restored in every part of Nigeria”,

Mba stated.

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