Undercover security operatives arrest suspected kidnapper during ransom collection in Nasarawa

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 girl beneath risk of abduction in Nasarawa State.

The security personnel offered 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 agencies received intelligence that the suspected kidnapper, Iliyasu, had threatened a female resident with abduction unless 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 particular person assigned to carry the demanded cash, and Iliyasu was arrested on the level of accumulating 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 a press release and described the arrest as an intelligence-driven operation that efficiently disrupted a possible kidnapping earlier than the suspect might perform the risk.

The arrested suspect, Iliyasu, was transferred to DSS custody for additional investigation and potential 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, recommended the troopers and DSS personnel for his or her professionalism and efficient coordination and urged security companies to keep up the extent of cooperation that made the operation potential, notably by means of improved intelligence sharing and joint efforts towards kidnapping and different felony actions.