Jigawa Speaker’s Wife: Suspected Kidnappers Die in Police Custody
From Ibrahim Shuaibu in Dutse, 06.09.2010

Four suspected persons who attempted to kidnap the wife of the speaker of Jigawa state House of Assembly died yesterday in the custody of the police, State Police Commissioner, Alhaji Abdullahi Fana, has said.


“The suspects arrested include Ali Zaria from Kaduna state, Usman Jumare Gumel from Jigawa state, Ferdinand Rufus of Adise Village Akuku Local government in Rivers State and Sunny Leke Uyo, also from Rivers state”, he stated.


Addressing reporters on the incident yesterday in Dutse, the Commissioner disclosed that two of the suspects Ali Zaria and Usman Jumare Gumel, died on Monday evening on their way to the hospital while the remaining two, Ferdinad and Sunny, died yesterday afternoon while receiving treatment at the hospital following gunshot wounds they sustained as a result of the exchange of fire between them and the police.


The suspects, according to the police, had abandoned their motorcycles and ran into the bush after which the police cordoned off the area and a gun battle ensued immediately.
The police were said to have overpowered the hoodlums and they got the four of them arrested with serious wounds from the gun duel.


“On 7 June 2010 at about 10.15 hours a report was received at Kofin Hausa that one Hajia Halima Adamu, the wife of the Speaker of Jigawa state House of Assembly Hon. Adamu Ahmed Sarawa had been kidnapped.


On there ceipt of the information, policemen proceeded to the scene immediately and on arrival at Sarawa junction, the Police were informed that the hoodlums numbering about four had escaped on a motorcycle towards Katagum Road in Bauchi State, he stated. Items recovered from the suspects, according to the police, were one AK47, two magazines, 57 rounds of life ammunitions and a total cash of N160, 000. However, people are now questioning the death of Sunny who was said to have been arrested unhurt.

Rivers kidnappers? What is this? 2 from Rivers, 1 from Kaduna and the other from Jigawa so why the title?

Na okada these people wan take kidnap speaker wife? Na wah ooo.

Source please, i doubt every bit of the identity of the Kidnappers. Their names do not sound completely Rivers.

you are blowing the rivers thing out of proportion poster,why not kaduna kidnappers

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The interest for me here is the FACT that kidnappers travel far and wide to perpetrate their crime. I am not that keen on kidnapppers from the near north operating in jigawa. It is perplexing that somebody from as far away as Rivers will be gutsy enough to travel to jigawa to perpetrate kidnapping.

For those who are more interested in the source rather than the meat of story, here is the source
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=175319

This is a media misrepresentation abi police propaganda reeking of extra judicial killings. Those kidnappers are not from rivers state.

otokx:

This is a media misrepresentation abi police propaganda reeking of extra judicial killings. Those kidnappers are not from rivers state.

Thou sayest what thou art in no position to say.

Why is the Title Rivers Kidnappers, while some Northerners are there?

Nevertheless, good for them.

@ Topic,

Rivers kidnappers indeed. Criminals are what they are, social deviants. These useless and senseless sensationalism must stop. Just because somebody wan sell him paper? Abegi.