From Femi OyeloLla, Kaduna.
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO,) of Tafa Divisional Police Headquarter who led operatives in arresting a suspected kidnapper has received praises for upholding the honour and dignity of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF,) in the face of corruption by refusing a bribe of one million Naira to tamper with a criminal case.
This is contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mansir Hassan, and made available to the Media in Kaduna yesterday
On the 19th January, 2024 at about 2200 hours the said Divisional Headquarters received credible information regarding the presence of a suspicious person in Easyway hotel in Tafa town. The operatives, led by the Divisional Police Officer stormed the hotel and arrested a certain 28-year-old Bello Muhammad from Zamfara State and recovered the sum of two million, three hundred and fifty thousand Naira (N2, 350,000:00) suspected to be the proceeds from a kidnap ransom.
During the investigation, the suspect admitted to being a kidnapper who operates with his gang around Kagarko forest in Kaduna. The aforementioned sum was his share of a ransom collected. Moreover, a check of his mobile phone corroborated the suspect’s confession as pictures of him brandishing an AK47 rifle in a forest were retrieved.
The said suspect Bello Muhammad thus, offered a million Naira bribe to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO,) to prevent further investigations which the DPO forthwith rejected. The investigation is still ongoing as the suspect is assisting the Police with vital information.
The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, CP A.D Ali, psc while praising the Tafa Division’s Operatives, urged them and others not to dwindle, but to increase the tempo until crimes and criminality are reduced minimally.
Equally, the CP tasked hoteliers, and recreation and leisure service operators in the State to always scrutinise the identity of their customers to avoid providing criminals with haven.
