How Police Outsmarted The Army As Fleeing Notorious Kidnapper, Hamisu Wadume, Is Rearrested

How Police Outsmarted The Army As Fleeing Notorious Kidnapper, Hamisu Wadume, Is Nabbed

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Notorious kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, who was rearrested by the Police on Monday, has opened up on the incident of August 6 that led to the brutal murder of three Police Officers and two civilians.

Wadume who was paraded at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, confessed that soldiers killed the policemen and set him free.

Wadume, who does not speak English, has since confessed to the crime in a video in Hausa recorded by the police to confirm his arrest.

The suspect in the video narrated how soldiers on orders of their Commanding Officer, Captain Balarabe Tijani, shot the police operatives from behind, and how the captain took him to his house from the barracks and eventually set him free after inviting a welder to sever his leg chain and hand cuffs. The man at the center of the brutal killing of Captain Balarabe Tijani, happens to be an indigene Of Taraba State, it has been reported.

The police decided to have the suspect’s confession on video in order to ensure that the investigating panel set up by the Defence Headquarters, which mostly comprises of only military personnel, would not have the opportunity to issue a potential false report.

Sources hinted that the committee, which has already commenced sitting, was yet to arrest the army captain and the soldiers involved in the killings; while the police have since arrested and detained three of their personnel alleged to have taken part in the killing.

It was gathered that rather than taking the captain into custody, the authorities asked him to report to the office of the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) on a daily basis. It was not clear whether or not he is being closely monitored by intelligence officers.

Sources say the police have vowed to get to the root of the matter as the IGP and the entire police personnel are resolute to prove that the police are not a “second hand or inferior force,” to the military.

It was gathered that Wadume is ready to reveal his relationship with not only Captain Tijani, but other military operatives as far as the kidnapping is concerned.

Ton ensure that the kidnap kingpin was arrested alive and brought to book, the IGP is said to have mobilised the best IRT operatives from Rivers, Lagos, Imo, Kaduna states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU) of the Force was also deployed to the fullest to ensure the success of the operation.

Recall that soldiers killed three dutiful policemen while rescuing him from arrest two weeks ago.

The unidentified soldiers and the police DCO of his town, Ibi, were alleged to be on his payroll.

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Wadume
Wadume; nabbed
Wadume’s property