A 65-year-old kidnap ring leader, Ibrahim Mohammed has been arrested along with 37 other suspected criminals in Adamawa State.
Mohammed and members of his group have reportedly carried out several abductions for ransom, including the kidnap of a nine-year-old girl from Wuro-Dole in the Girei Local Government Area of the state.
Firearms, including AK-47 rifles and locally fabricated pistols, were recovered from the hoodlums, according to a police report.
Mohammed told journalists on Tuesday that he was the leader of the kidnap gang.
The state police command on Tuesday paraded the terrorists alongside a 55-year-old jealous housewife, Hajara Sini, who allegedly murdered a woman for dating her husband.
While parading the suspects, the state police commissioner, CP Sikiru Akande, said, “They were apprehended in connection with kidnapping activities, arm robbery, rape, culpable homicide among others.
“The suspects were apprehended in Fufore, Yola North and Girei Local Government Areas in the state.”