The police on Thursday paraded suspects “involved in the attack” on Umaru Bubaram, emir of Potiskum in Yobe.
At least six aides of the first-class king were killed when his convoy was attacked along the Kaduna-Zaria highway in December.
Bubaram narrated how he slept in the bush overnight after the gunmen shot sporadically for two hours.
On Thursday, Anjuguri Manzah, the command’s public relations officer, paraded some of the suspects alongside 102 others at the federal capital territory.
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He said 105 persons are suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, gun manufacturers, drug dealers supplying kidnappers arrested by police intelligent response team (IRT) and its special tactical squad (STS).
The spokesman said over 50 AK47 rifles and other dangerous weapons, drugs, motorcycles and cars modified to conceal and transport rifles were all recovered.
He disclosed that the suspects confessed to multiple kidnappings and killings in several states including the attack on luxurious buses and other vehicles.
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Manzah said the command is making more efforts to arrest other culprits, adding that the suspects will be prosecuted at the end of the investigations.
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