Police arrest abductors, rescue victim in Yobe

Operatives of the Yobe State Police Command, in collaboration with vigilantes, have raided a kidnappers’ den, arrested two suspects, Adamu Dimdo (23) and Idi Dimdo (25), and rescued a victim in Kasda hamlet via Yauro village in Jakusko LGA, where two AK-47 rifles were also recovered.

The spokesman of the command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the victim was abducted from Basari, Zaki LGA, Bauchi State.

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He added that during interrogation, the suspects confessed that the principal suspect, Babawuro Audu (45), a gun runner and mastermind of numerous kidnapping and robbery incidents in Yobe and neighbouring states was at large, adding that the command had launched a manhunt for Audu.