Police have arrested a man Sani Mohammed who organised a kidnap and robbery syndicate to abduct his former employer who accused him of stealing.
Mr Mohammed was arrested alongside Babangida Garba, Ibrahim Dogo and Ibrahim Haruna.
The group was also involved in robberies on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
City Round reported that the suspects met their Waterloo sometime in November as Mohammed wanted to pick up N1m ransom for the release of one Alhaji Ulere who they had kidnapped in Abuja.
Ulere sells cows in the Luge area of the FCT.
Mohammed had worked for the businessman as a herder until 2016 when he left after he was accused of stealing a cow.
One of the suspects had pretended to be a customer and called Ulere on the telephone, asking the businessman to meet him along the road to his shop in Luge.
As he wanted to attend to the impostor at the agreed location, other gang members reportedly ambushed him and took him to their camp in the City Gate area.
They subsequently contacted his family and demanded that they pay N1m ransom within 48 hours or lose Ulere.
A family member was said to have reported the incident to the Inspector General of Police intelligence response team led by DCP Abba Kyari and was asked to play along with the gang until they were all arrested.
“They were traced to their base in Enugu State, apprehended and their guns were recovered.
“They confessed to have carried out several armed robberies and a series of kidnappings at various locations on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. One AK-47 rifle and three locally made guns were recovered from them,” a police source said.
