One Bello Muhammad has been arrested in Tofa area of Kaduna State for being into kidnapping with his effort to compromised a Divisional Police Officer in a vain.
Report said the 28-year-old was arrested in a hotel at the Kaduna community following a tip-off with N2,350,000:00, suspected to be proceeds of kidnapping recovered from him.
He, however, tried to wriggle his way out by offering the DPO a million naira but was turned down by the Officer.
This is according to the Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan
The latter said it happened on Thursday, the 19th of January, 2024.
He said during the course of the investigation, the suspect admitted to being a kidnapper who operates with his gang around Kagarko forest in Kaduna.
ASP Mansir said the aforementioned sum is the suspect’s own share of a ransom collected, adding that a check of his mobile phone corroborated the suspect’s confession as pictures of him brandishing an AK47 rifle in a forest were retrieved.
“The said suspect Bello Muhammad thus offered a million naira backhander to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) to stop him from furthering the investigation, which the Police Officer forthwith rejected. The investigation is still ongoing as the suspect is assisting the Police with vital information,” he said.
