Breaking: How Daura village head was freed

Kidnapped Magajin of Daura and father-in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Aide De Camp (ADC) Alhaji Musa Umar was at the wee hours of Tuesday rescued at Panshakara in Kano State.

The joint police operation which saw the death of one of the suspects and destruction of the kidnappers’ den was led by Kano Commissioner of Police Ahmed Iliyasu.

It was gathered that the Inspector General of Police (IG) Mohammed Adamu had deployed special forces comprising the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Special Investigation Bureau (SIB) and Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and Police Mobile Force (PMF) Kaduna, Bauchi, Niger, Katsina, Katsina and Kogi States to rescue the chief after he was kidnapped in May.

For several weeks the operatives were said to have combed forests and criminal hideouts in the various states that led to the arrests of some suspects.

Those arrested were said to have aided police investigation leading to the discovery and clampdown of the kidnappers’ hideout in Kano where 11 more suspects including an alleged ringleader were apprehended.

According to a source, several AK47 rifles and live ammunition were recovered from the den and would be displayed by the force headquarters since it was a joint operation.