{"id":11518,"date":"2024-05-02T13:47:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=11518"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:47:18","slug":"kidnapper-nabbed-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kidnapper-nabbed-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapper Nabbed in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"
A suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Ali Damina (43), has been arrested in Ofodo village near Egabada town in Igalamela-Odolu LGA of Kogi State.<\/p>\n
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The suspect, who hails from Bida LGA of Niger State, was arrested on Monday in a joint operation by security forces and vigilantes and was found in possession of a single-barrel Dane gun, along with various suspicious items, including charms, a gun firing cap and local bullets.<\/p>\n
Mohammed Ajitata, the head of vigilantes in the area, said Damina who confessed to the crime alleged that a man from Shanawa village in Lokoja LGA of Kogi State was his accomplice.<\/p>\n
Ajitata further said, \u201cWe had been on his trail since we discovered his criminal activities in the community of Egabada-Odolu. On Monday, an intelligence report gave out his hideout and we alerted the security agents which led to his arrest in a joint operation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The state police command\u2019s spokesman, SP Williams Aya, who was contacted over the incident via a text message and a voice call did not respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Ali Damina (43), has been arrested in Ofodo village near Egabada town in Igalamela-Odolu…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[79,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-11518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime","8":"tag-kidnap","9":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"\n