Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested two (2) members of a trans-national kidnap syndicate involved in the kidnap of an American Citizen, Philippe Nathan Walton, on 28th October 2020 at his farm in Masalata Village, Republic of Niger.
According to DCP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters Abuja in a statement that the suspects, Aliyu Abdullahi 21yrs alias Mallam and Aliyu Umaru 23yrs alias Kwatte Kusu, both from Sokoto State, were arrested on 25th November 2020.
The statement read in part “the two (2) suspects – members of a 15-man kidnap gang of Nigerian/Nigerien extraction, led by Barte Dan Alhaji and Dan Buda – were arrested following a special intelligence-led operation aimed at arresting the criminal gang, disrupting and halting other criminal activities by them.
“Investigations by the Intelligence Response Team reveal that the gang was plotting other abductions to avenge the death of their cohorts – 4 Nigeriens and 2 Nigerians who died during the rescue operations”.
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