Police arrest suspected terrorists on wanted list

 

Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have arrested two suspected terrorists on their wanted list.

The state police spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this while parading the suspect on Friday at the Command’s headquarter.

The suspects, Abdulrazak Salisu 32, of Unguwar Samanja village and Yahaya Lawal, 35, (alias ‘KISKIS’) of Kamfanin Daudawa village, both of Faskari LGA are said to have attacked the house of 50-years-old Bala Hussaini, of Faskari LGA, on 5th August 2021, robbed and kidnapped his three children, who were only released after the sum of one million nine hundred thousand naira (N1,900,000) ransom was paid.

The suspects were said to have allegedly conspired with six others, now at large to commit the crime.

However, the suspects who were alleged to have confessed earlier to committing the crime, and belonging to the gang of notorious terrorist, Dankarami (alias Gwaska) terrorizing Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto state, have denied involvement in the attack on the house of Bala Hussaini and the kidnapping of his three children.

The duo while entertaining questions from journalists both reiterated that they were not involved in the attack.

One of the suspects, Salisu, speaking in Hausa said: “Before man and God, I was not involved in the attack on Bala Hussaini’s house, though I am aware of those who attacked his house and kidnapped his children, I don’t have a hand in it. I am being falsely accused of the crime. I am a farmer. My relationship with them is that we live in the same neighborhood before they decided to move to the forest. Though time to time, they come back to the neighbourhood and disappear to the forest again.”