Alleged Kidnapping : Police Nab Village Head In Abuja
Fri Nov 29, 2019 08:56:am National
1.6K By Afam Jude Offor
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a village head in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state for allegedly working with kidnappers.
According to reports, The village head was among the 39 suspects paraded by the state’s police public relations officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo Abubakar on Thursday, November 28. DSP Sabo alleged that the village head of Ungwan Luka, Samaila Luka, works for kidnappers by giving them information and getting a share of ransom collected. He said the kidnappers, whom the village head allegedly worked with, killed a policeman after taking ransom recently. But, the village head, while fielding questions from journalists, denied working for kidnappers, though he confessed receiving money from them. His words: “I have helped people to take the ransom to the kidnappers three times. The first time, the kidnappers rewarded me with N100,000, the second time, they gave me N50,000, but the third time, they didn’t give me anything. “I know nothing about the policeman the kidnappers killed. God and the policewoman who was released are my witnesses. “When I took the ransom to them, that was the third time I took the ransom to the kidnappers, but after collecting it, they refused to give me the policeman. I and the other policewoman cried and begged them, but they refused. They said the policeman used to insult them. That day, they even collected my phone and they didn’t give me any money.” Luka, however, confessed that he never reported to the police that kidnappers gave him a share of the ransom he took to them. Most times the police and other security operatives have always complained that some traitional rulers and village dwellers where helping to sheild criminal elements from arrests and at the same time helping them escape after their operations.
According to reports, The village head was among the 39 suspects paraded by the state’s police public relations officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo Abubakar on Thursday, November 28. DSP Sabo alleged that the village head of Ungwan Luka, Samaila Luka, works for kidnappers by giving them information and getting a share of ransom collected. He said the kidnappers, whom the village head allegedly worked with, killed a policeman after taking ransom recently. But, the village head, while fielding questions from journalists, denied working for kidnappers, though he confessed receiving money from them. His words: “I have helped people to take the ransom to the kidnappers three times. The first time, the kidnappers rewarded me with N100,000, the second time, they gave me N50,000, but the third time, they didn’t give me anything. “I know nothing about the policeman the kidnappers killed. God and the policewoman who was released are my witnesses. “When I took the ransom to them, that was the third time I took the ransom to the kidnappers, but after collecting it, they refused to give me the policeman. I and the other policewoman cried and begged them, but they refused. They said the policeman used to insult them. That day, they even collected my phone and they didn’t give me any money.” Luka, however, confessed that he never reported to the police that kidnappers gave him a share of the ransom he took to them. Most times the police and other security operatives have always complained that some traitional rulers and village dwellers where helping to sheild criminal elements from arrests and at the same time helping them escape after their operations.
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