Police arrest three suspects in Kaduna Baptist school kidnap
23 September 2021 |
12:34 pm
Three kingpins in the kidnap of over one hundred students of Bethel Baptist school, Kaduna have been arrested by the police. The suspects, dressed in military uniform were paraded by police spokesman, CP Frank Mba. The suspects, who confessed to the crime, revealed that 25 of them abducted the students. The suspects are Adamu Bello,…
Three suspects of Kaduna Baptist school kidnap arrested by police
Three kingpins in the kidnap of over one hundred students of Bethel Baptist school, Kaduna have been arrested by the police.
The suspects, dressed in military uniform were paraded by police spokesman, CP Frank Mba.
The suspects, who confessed to the crime, revealed that 25 of them abducted the students.
The suspects are Adamu Bello, Isiaku Lawal and Muazu Abubakar.
According to Abubakar, 27, their desperate need for money propelled them to commit the crime.
According to Abubakar, “twenty-five of us carried out the operation. We kidnapped 136 students and I got N100,000 share from the money.”
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