Police arrest three suspects for ‘threatening to kidnap’ resident in Nasarawa

The Nasarawa police command says three persons have been arrested for threatening to abduct a resident if he did not pay “N2 million as ransom”.

In a statement on Tuesday, Ramhan Nansel, police spokesperson in Nasarawa, said the victim is the uncle of one of the suspected kidnappers.

Nansel said the suspects distributed the money among themselves after the victim paid the ransom.

“Police operatives attached to Mararaba ‘A’  division have arrested the trio of Babangida Abdullahi 29 yrs, Mohammed Abubakar 27 yrs and Yakubu Sani 30 yrs all males of Aso B Mararaba, Karu LGA, Nasarawa state,” the statement reads.

“The suspects allegedly conspired among themselves and placed a call across to one Ibrahim Idris of the same address, an uncle to one of the suspects.

“They threatened to kidnap him if he didn’t pay a ransom of two million naira.

“Scared of being kidnapped, the victim dropped the total sum requested by the suspects at their preferred location, after which they picked it up and shared it among themselves.”

The police spokesperson said the suspects confessed to the crime during interrogation.

He added that the command is making efforts to arrest one of the group members who escaped.