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How Prisoners Plotted Kidnap From Prison – Police
About N10.1 million has been recovered by the Police from a kidnap gang in Sokoto state
The police further arrested 81 suspects over the murder, kidnapping, unlawful possession of weapons and internet fraud across the country.
Addressing a media briefing in Abuja yesterday, the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, said the amount was part of the ransom paid by one of their victims, Alhaji Tuku Zubairu, a wealthy businessman in Sokoto State.
According to him, the gang was formed in Katsina Prison, he said the members were prisoners who had been prosecuted by the police, adding that they were either serving jail terms or rounding up their sentences while others were in the prison awaiting trials.
He said the prisoners were somehow able to get themselves together while in prison, formed a deadly gang and plotted to kidnap one Alhaji Tuku Zubairu.
He said immediately they came out of the prison, the carried out their plans, kidnapped the businessman and collected ransom running into several millions from him.
“We went after them and as I speak to you today, all the gang members have been arrested and a total sum of N10.1 million, part of the ransom they collected has been recovered,” he said.