{"id":102657,"date":"2023-11-30T19:46:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T18:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery"},"modified":"2023-11-30T22:40:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:40:06","slug":"kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna: Police arrest eight over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested eight suspects over alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman of the Command, ASP Mansur Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He said operatives of the Command from the Divisional Headquarters Maigana arrested the suspects on Nov. 17, during a raid on a criminal den at Nuba Farm in Farin Kasa, Sakaru and Balgadi villages of Soba Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>He said preliminary investigation showed that the suspects, aged between 20 and 27, were responsible for the Aug. 25 abduction of one Kawu Ibrahim Yakasai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEqually, a man from Bagaldi village was their kidnapped victim in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir gang leader in Farin Kasa village is at large though trailed. All the suspects will have their day in court after the investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the feat is sequel to the renewed drive to guarantee the safety of lives and property, especially during the festive season in the state.<\/p>\n<p>This, he said, coupled with the directives of the Commissioner of Police, Musa Garba, to Divisional Police Officers and Tactical Commanders to go on the offensive.<\/p>\n<p>The statement quoted the CP as hailing the operatives and tasked them to be more circumspect during the Yuletide.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged state residents to be security conscious, warning that, \u201ccriminal elements are on the prowl to meet up with the demand of the festive period unduly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested eight suspects over alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in the state. The spokesman of the Command, ASP Mansur Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said operatives of the Command from the Divisional Headquarters Maigana arrested the suspects on Nov. 17, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":102656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1570,2140,96,254,165],"class_list":["post-102657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kaduna: Police arrest eight over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested eight suspects over alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in the sta ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaduna: Police arrest eight over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested eight suspects over alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in the sta ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-30T18:46:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-30T21:40:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701362542.862488.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"706\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kaduna: Police arrest eight over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-30T18:46:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-30T21:40:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701362542.862488.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Kaduna\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kaduna-police-arrest-eight-over-alleged-kidnapping-armed-robbery\",\"name\":\"Kaduna: Police arrest eight over alleged kidnapping, armed robbery - 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