Police arrest 3 suspected killers of NSCDC staff in Kaduna

Commandant-General of NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana

The Kaduna State Police Command on Friday said it had arrested three suspects alleged to have killed a personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).

The Command’s Public Relation Officer, ASP Aliyu Usman, said in a statement issued in Kaduna, that the command had also arrested three suspected kidnappers.

According to him, the three suspected killers had on September 8, allegedly attacked and killed the NSCDC officer, Timothy Ayuba, on his way from Bakin Kasuwa to Sabon Gayan in Chukun Local Government Area of the state.

“The armed men made away with the victim’ s motorcycle which was later recovered.

“Two Bajaj motorcycles were also recovered from the suspects, one belonging to one Idi Bello and the other to an unidentified victim.

“Investigation is in progress to arrest other members of the syndicate.”

Usman also said the command had also arrested the suspected kidnappers of Mrs Fatima Inusa, the wife of Dr Inusa Umar of the Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Mrs Inusa was kidnapped by gunmen at her residence in Zaria, on September 19.

He said the suspects were arrested behind ABU main campus in Zaria, after a massive manhunt by operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau.

“All the suspects confessed to have committed the crime, but investigation is on to arrest the rest of the accomplices,“ Usman said.

He appealed for the support of the public to rid the state of criminals.

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