{"id":169621,"date":"2025-07-15T19:02:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnapper-with-n5m-ransom-in-delta"},"modified":"2025-07-15T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:08:08","slug":"police-arrest-suspected-kidnapper-with-n5m-ransom-in-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-suspected-kidnapper-with-n5m-ransom-in-delta","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest suspected kidnapper with N5m ransom in Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Sanusi Abdulahi, in possession of the sum of N5 million, which is part of the ransom collected from one of his victims.<\/p>\n<p>Delta Police Command spokesman, Bright Edafe disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulahi was arrested on 12th July 2025 at about 0630hrs, according to Edafe.<\/p>\n<p>Four other members of Abdullahi\u2019s gang were also apprehended by the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary investigation revealed that they were allegedly responsible for a series of kidnappings at Ibusa, Ogwashi-Ukwu, Obulu-Okiti, Isele-Ukwu, Isele-Asagba and most recently the kidnapping of a young lady at Ogwashi-Ukwu on 9th July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect led the operatives to their hideout at Second Deputy and Oko in Asaba, where four other members of his gang were also arrested,\u201d the police spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Edafe added that further investigation is ongoing.<\/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. Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Sanusi Abdulahi, in possession of the sum of N5 million, which is part of the ransom collected from one of his victims. Delta Police Command spokesman, Bright Edafe disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists. 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