The police have arrested one Bello Mohammed, a 28-year-old suspected kidnapper from Zamfara state in Kaduna who was said to have killed Nabeeha Michelle, the 13-year-old daughter of an Abuja-based lawyer, Oladosu Folorunso Ariyo.
The notorious kidnapper was arrested on January 20, 2024, by the Divisional Police Officer, Tafa Division, who acted on intelligence and raided one hotel in Tafa Area, Kaduna, where he arrested Bello, with the sum of #2.25m (Two million, two hundred and fifty thousand naira) only, suspected to be proceeds of ransoms collected from kidnapped victims within the area.
The suspect, the police said during interrogation, confessed to being part of the gang that kidnapped the family members of one Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on 2nd January 2024, and killed some kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, f, daughter of the legal practitioner, on 13th January 2024, in a kidnapper’s camp, in Kaduna state.
Recall that on Sunday evening, 7th of January 2024, around 7:30 pm, a band of kidnappers dressed in full military camon invaded his home located at Sagwari Layout Estate in Dutse, Abuja.
His firstborn, Michelle Ariyo was later killed and her corpse was dumped on Kaduna road while the bandits threatened to kill his remaining 3 children and his wife if he could not provide N60 million ransom.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi the suspect, in a dramatic situation, offered N1,000,000 (one million naira only) to induce the DPO, who rejected the offer and carried out his duty diligently.
Adejobi said the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered that the suspect: “who also confessed to the involvement of the already five (5) neutralized bandits in Kaduna by the IRT, headed by one Mai Gemu (aka Godara), whose deadly camp has also been destroyed, be handed over to the DFI-IRT in Abuja for discreet investigations into the matter and arrest of all other culprits responsible for the dastardly act. The suspect is currently helping the police in their investigations.”
While commending the DPO Tafa, SP Idris Ibrahim, for the commitment and professionalism displayed in the case, the IGP further assured that the police would leave no stone unturned in decimating criminally minded individuals and bequeathing to Nigerians a more secure society for all and sundry in our dear country, Nigeria.
