Reports have it that the recently launched operation "PUFF ADDER" by the Acting Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Adamu has continued to yield results as the Abuja – Kaduna Expressway which hitherto was a kidnap trap zone is gradually becoming safe for the motorist.
This is coming to limelight as both Kidnappings and other heinous crimes are being checkmated by combined effort of security agencies especially, the crack detectives from the IGP Intelligence Response Unit (IRT) and other operatives attached to Operation Puff Adder who announced the arrest of one Mallam Salisu Abubakar, 48yrs old, a native of Dutsinma LGA, Katsina State.
It was gathered that the Mallam, a self-confessed spiritual father of kidnappers terrorizing Abuja-Kaduna expressway and parts of other North-West/North-Central States of the Country, was arrested on 16th April 2019, following painstaking intelligence and subsequent manhunt, in his hideout, in a forest, at Galadimawa Village, Kaduna State.
The Police Force Public Relations Officer(PPRO), DCP Frank Mba, disclosed that investigation has clearly implicated the suspect for aiding and abetting the commission of several high-profile armed robbery and kidnapping operations in the North-West and the North Central States of the Country.
He added that the suspect is notorious for providing spiritual guidance and intelligence for kidnappers, before and after their operations.
And that, his arrest, no doubt, will assist Police operatives to apprehend several other kidnappers and vicious criminals still at large.
More so, the operatives on 14th April 2019, in Abuja, arrested one Godwin Ige a.k.a. ‘White’, 28years old, a native of Akoko-Edo LGA of Edo State, the fourth member of the gang responsible for the kidnap of Channels TV Staff, M.r Friday Okeregbe.
Additionally, the operatives recovered from him One (1) Berretta Pistol, One (1) Locally made pistol, eleven (11) live Ammunitions, two (2) live Cartridges and One (1) Honda Accord Car with Reg. No. KWL 420 GU with which the victim (Friday Okeregbe) was kidnapped on 22nd March 2019.
Mba further stressed that the IGP while appealing for public support, patience and understanding assures that the Police, as well as other Security Agencies, will not leave any stone unturned until our homes, public places and highways are made safe and secured for all and sundry.