A suspected kidnapper recognized as Mukaila Iliyasu was arrested by security personnel who disguised as civilians whereas delivering a ₦200,000 ransom earlier demanded from a lady underneath menace of abduction in Nasarawa State.
The security personnel introduced the ransom at a location, and the suspect was arrested at Akwaba, in Eggon Local Government Area of the state during a coordinated operation involving troops of the Nigerian Army and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
According to the navy, “security businesses obtained intelligence that the suspected kidnapper, Iliyasu, had threatened a feminine resident with abduction except she paid him ₦200,000.”
Following this, the DSS reportedly alerted troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke, on October 29, and organised an operation to find the suspect and apprehend him.
A soldier was subsequently deployed undercover, posing because the individual assigned to deliver the demanded cash, and Iliyasu was arrested on the level of amassing the ₦200,000, which security personnel recovered during the operation.
The Acting Media Information Officer of Operation Whirl Stroke, Lieutenant Ahmad Zubairu Zubairu, confirmed the event in an announcement and described the arrest as an intelligence-driven operation that efficiently disrupted a possible kidnapping earlier than the suspect may perform the menace.
The arrested suspect, Iliyasu, was transferred to DSS custody for additional investigation and attainable prosecution.
Reacting to the operation, the Force Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke and General Officer Commanding 5 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Moses Kolo Gara, counseled the troopers and DSS personnel for his or her professionalism and efficient coordination and urged security businesses to take care of the extent of cooperation that made the operation attainable, significantly by improved intelligence sharing and joint efforts in opposition to kidnapping and different prison actions.
