{"id":150967,"date":"2025-02-16T12:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T11:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:19:44","slug":"police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest suspected kidnappers, recover stolen items in Nasarawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers and recovered several incriminating exhibits following a report from a victim.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released by the police and signed by SP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer, Nasarawa State Command, the breakthrough came on February 13, 2025, when 25-year-old Jameson Godwill of Ado Village, Nasarawa State, spotted one of his alleged kidnappers, Musa Babagana, at Mararaba Junction.<\/p>\n<p>Godwill and his younger sibling had been kidnapped on January 25, 2025, while traveling in a suspected commercial vehicle from Mararaba in Karu Local Government Area to CBN Junction, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The assailants allegedly robbed them of two mobile phones\u2014an iPhone 12 and an iPhone 11 Pro\u2014as well as \u20a663,000 in cash before handing them \u20a61,000 for transportation back to Mararaba.<\/p>\n<p>Upon sighting Babagana, Godwill raised the alarm, prompting the suspect to flee. However, police operatives swiftly responded to the distress call, leading to the arrest of Babagana, Iliyasu Baba, and another suspect, Ibrahim Mohammad. A fourth suspect, identified only as Haruna, managed to escape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring interrogation, both Musa Babagana and Ibrahim Mohammad confessed to being members of a kidnapping syndicate operating in Abuja and its environs, including Dutse Alhaji, Kubwa, Gwarimpa, Mandala, and Suleja in Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey admitted to kidnapping victims, detaining them, and demanding ransom from their relatives before release,\u201d Nansel stated.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesperson added that several exhibits were recovered from the suspects, including one Toyota Corolla with registration number FK186 EKO, two military camouflage uniforms, one military desert camouflage uniform, one black paramilitary uniform, one military identification card, one paramilitary cap, four SIM cards from different network providers, two jackknives, one pair of handcuffs, one black boot, and a desert boot.<\/p>\n<p>Nansel further stated that the Commissioner of Police, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation and prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner also commended the officers for their swift response and reaffirmed the Command\u2019s commitment to ensuring the safety and security of residents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers and recovered several incriminating exhibits following a report from a victim. According to a statement released by the police and signed by SP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer, Nasarawa State Command, the breakthrough came on February 13, 2025, when 25-year-old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":150966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1164,254,165],"class_list":["post-150967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nasarawa","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>Police arrest suspected kidnappers, recover stolen items in Nasarawa - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers and recovered several incriminating exhibits fol ...\" \/>\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\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police arrest suspected kidnappers, recover stolen items in Nasarawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers and recovered several incriminating exhibits fol ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-16T11:04:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T15:19:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739696651.525776.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police arrest suspected kidnappers, recover stolen items in Nasarawa\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-16T11:04:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T15:19:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa\"},\"wordCount\":355,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739696651.525776.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nasarawa\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnappers-recover-stolen-items-in-nasarawa\",\"name\":\"Police arrest suspected kidnappers, recover stolen items in Nasarawa - 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