September 22, (THEWILL) – Operatives of the Katsina State police command have arrested one Buhari Haruna with N2 Million ransom.
Haruna, a 22-year-old Person Living With Disability (PLWD), was arrested along with eight other suspects for various offences, ranging from attempted kidnap, vandalism, selling fuel and food to bandits.
Parading the suspects, the spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, said Haruna was arrested in Kankia after he had collected ransom from one of his victims he had threatened to kidnap if he refused to pay the said N2 million ransom.
Haruna had called his victim who is a close friend, and demanded N2 million ransom from him if he does not want to be kidnapped or his relation.
The victim contacted the police who advised him to play along with him (Haruna), and he ignorantly directed the victim to drop the ransom at a location in Kankia.
And the victim accordingly took some wrapped money to the said location to give the impression that it was the said N2 million ransom, and within some few hours, Haruna appeared to pick the money and was arrested by the police who already surrounded the area.
Haruna confessed to the crime while fielding questions from newsmen at the State police headquarters.
“It’s true; I ordered the victim to pay me a ransom of N2 million or risk being kidnapped. I was counting the money when the police swooped on me and arrested me”, he said.
