The police have arrested a woman, Hawa Yinusa said to be the
leader of a vicious gang specialising in kidnapping and robbery in
Nasarawa-Abuja-Plateau axis. Hawa was arrested along with two other suspects,
Nura Dahiru and Buhari Hamisu. One other gang member was killed in the exchange
of fire with the Inspector General of Police Strike Force. Police said they
recovered from them three AK47 Rifles, 38 bullets and a Honda Hennessey car
belonging to one of their latest victims, a businesswoman identified as Aisha
Haruna.
Hawa, from Masaka in Nasarawa state was arrested when she
went to Aisha Haruna’s bank, owner of the Honda car, to withdraw Aisha’s money.
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| Hawa Yinusa, right, and her gang members. |
The police in a statement made available to Legit.ng said
Aisha was killed by the gang and her body abandoned in the bush at Uke town in
Nasarawa. The bales of clothes in the car were stolen as well.
The statement read in full: "Arrest of vicious and
notorious kidnap for ransom gang led by a woman, Hawa Yunusa from Masaka,
Nasarawa state who has no means of livelihood but leads so many kidnapping
gangs; for several kidnappings of prominent Nigerians, including one Aisha
Haruna (a business woman) referred to as Zainab by her family and friends who was
kidnapped and later killed and abandoned by this gang in the bush at Uke town,
Nasarawa state. "The victim’s car, Honda Hennessey was robbed after
killing her including her stock of clothing inside the car. The suspect, Hawa
Yinusa further went to court and sworn to an affidavit claiming that the victim
was her sister before she died and was in the process of withdrawing from the
Bank about One Million Naira (N1,000,000.00) belonging to the victim before she
was arrested. "The two last suspects Nura Dahiru a.k.a Ula and Buhari
Hamisu a.k.a wiseman were mobilized into the criminal gang by Hawa Yinusa. One
(1) of the suspects died during a shootout with the IGP Strike Force and the
three (3) AK47, Thirty Eight (38) Rounds of AK47 Ammunition, and One (1) Big Cutlass
used in killing some of their victims to death were recovered from their
possession. "The suspect, Hawa Yinusa and her gangs have carried out
several kidnappings between Abuja, Nasarawa and Plateau States. They have also
been involved and confessed to other forms of kidnappings of innocent people,
collecting their ATM Cards and withdrawing their money before releasing them.
Some of their victims have come forward to the Police investigator and
identified them. They will be charged to court on completion of
Investigation," the police said.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Inspector-General
of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, deployed the assistant inspector-general of
police in charge of Zone 7, Taiwo Lakanu, to lead a police intervention force
to Kaduna to ensure that normalcy return to the area. Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood,
the force public relations officer, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on
the violence on Sunday in Abuja.
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