The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Godwin Yahaya, over an alleged conspiracy to kidnap and kill a farmer, Jonah Isah, in Zawudna village, Munya Local Government Area of the state.
The police mentioned the suspect allegedly contracted a man recognized as Bashiru, who is at present at giant, in 2024 to abduct Isah, a large-scale farmer, for ransom.
According to an announcement issued on Saturday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the kidnapping was ultimately carried out on June 26, 2026, when Bashiru and members of his gang allegedly invaded the sufferer’s residence at about midnight.
The gang reportedly killed Isah and kidnapped members of his household alongside three different individuals.
The abductors had been mentioned to have demanded N2.1 million as ransom earlier than releasing the victims.
The police disclosed that the victims, who had been just lately rescued and launched, implicated Yahaya, alleging that the kidnappers recognized him because the particular person who contracted them to perform the operation.
Abiodun mentioned operatives of the Department of State Services connected to the Kuchi space arrested Yahaya on September 27, 2026, earlier than transferring him to the Sarkin-Pawa Police Division for investigation.
During interrogation, the suspect allegedly confessed to contracting Bashiru to abduct the farmer in order that they might share the ransom proceeds.
The police spokesman additional alleged that investigations revealed that Yahaya took over the deceased’s farmland for his private use after the farmer’s demise.
The suspect is at present present process additional investigation on the State Criminal Investigation Department in Minna, whereas efforts are ongoing to arrest his alleged accomplices.
The police mentioned the investigation would proceed as authorities search to set up the circumstances surrounding the killing and the alleged kidnapping conspiracy.
