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| The suspects |
Six Fulani herdsmen
arrested by the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team,
IRT, for allegedly kidnapping and terrorizing businessmen, including residents
of Okeho, a border town in Oyo State, have been charged to court.
Vanguard report continues:
The
suspects, identified as Abdullahi Mohammed, 35; Abubakar Abubakar, 28; Damanya
Gambo, 30; Usman Saidu, 30; Usman Idris, 35; and Hassan Maikudi,30, were
yesterday arraigned before an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, on a four-count
charge bordering on armed robbery, kidnapping and illegal possession of charms.
Vanguard
had reported last November how the suspects, who were alleged to have kidnapped
prominent residents, were rounded up at Okeho, a town bordering Benin Republic
in Oyo State.
It
was gathered that the Inspector General, Solomon Arase, after receiving several
complaints of the gang’s activities, had deployed the IRT operatives, led by
CSP Abba Kyari, to the area and they apprehended the suspects from their
various hideouts.
One
of the suspects, Maikudi, was said to have led the kidnappers to abduct his
father and a ransom of ₦1.5 million was paid.
Justice M. L. Abimbola, who
presided over the matter, ordered the suspects remanded in prison custody after
taking their not guilty plea, and adjourned to February 2 for hearing.
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