Troops arrest suspected kidnapper in Kaduna, recover phone, cash

Troops of Sector 7, Operation Enduring Peace, OPEP, successful collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, person arrested a suspected kidnapper successful Kamuru colony successful Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

A counter-insurgency and information adept successful the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this successful a station connected X.

Makama stated that the apprehension was made astatine astir 0330 hours on May 12 during a coordinated cognition successful the area.

He said that the suspect, identified arsenic Mr. Husaini Jibrin, 45, was reportedly apprehended astatine Kamuru colony implicit alleged engagement successful a kidnapping incidental that occurred successful Angwan Ali assemblage connected April 26, 2026, wrong the aforesaid section authorities area.

According to him, the fishy is believed to beryllium linked to the readying and execution of the abduction, which had triggered information concerns successful surrounding communities astatine the time.

The information adept further revealed that items recovered from the fishy see 1 mobile telephone and the sum of N10,000 successful cash.

He added that the fishy is presently successful custody and undergoing interrogation arsenic portion of ongoing investigations aimed astatine dismantling kidnapping networks operating successful the region.

“Troops person intensified surveillance and patrol operations crossed susceptible communities successful sout...