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Wadume: How Soldiers aided my escape from Police

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Jide Ige

Suspected kidnapper, Hamisu Bala Wadume, has explained how soldiers helped him to escape from the operatives of Intelligence Response Team on August 6. Wadume escaped from the custody of IRT operatives when they came under attack from soldiers attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State, as they conveyed the kidnap suspect from the scene of his arrest. The Army later explained that the soldiers attacked the IRT operatives when they mistook them for criminals, following a distress call they had received. In the said attack, three policemen and a civilian…

Wadume, Taraba’s notorious kidnap king re-arrested

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Jide Ige

The Nigerian Police have announced the re-arrest of Hamisu Wadume, the suspected kidnap gang leader whose arrest, earlier, led to the killing of three policemen and a civilian in Taraba state by soldiers at a roadblock. According to a statement authored by Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, Wadume was re-arrested at his hideout at Layin Mai Allo Hotoro area of Kano state. On August 6, 2019, some soldiers had opened fire on policemen who had earlier arrested Wadume in Ibi, Taraba, over “high-profile kidnap incidents in the state”. “The…