The Gombe State Police Command said it has arrested two teenagers over alleged criminal conspiracy and kidnapping of two travellers along the Gombe-Dukku Road.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Oqua Etim, disclosed this while parading the suspects alongside six others before newsmen at the weekend in Gombe.
He said the suspects – Mamman Umar, 20, of old Liji area of Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area, and Abubakar Umar, 18, of Bojude village in Kwami LGA of the state, were arrested by the command’s State Intelligence Bureau (SIB).
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CP Etim said the police had on November 11, 2022 received a complaint that two persons; Labaran Sabo, 50, of Lafiya Lamurde LGA of Adamawa State and Bala Yunana, 33, of Biu LGA of Borno State were kidnapped on November 6 at about 11pm while on transit at Bojude village along the Gombe-Dukku Road.
