Suspected Kidnapper Slumps, Dies While Trying To Escape Arrest
A suspected kidnapper who was part of a syndicate that abducted a 23-year-old student of the Bauchi State University, slumped and died while trying to escape arrest at a military checkpoint.
The deceased and two others who kidnapped the student were said to have also snatched a Toyota Camry 2010 model which they used in taking their victim away.
However, they ran out of luck when they got to a military checkpoint mounted by operatives of the 133 Special Forces Battalion Battalion based in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi state, where they were promptly arrested.
Meanwhile, the deceased immediately escaped at the scene of the arrest but suddenly slumped and was rushed to the Federal Medical Center, Azare where he was certified dead by a medical doctor.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed these in a media statement he made available to journalists in the state on Tuesday.
Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, said that two other suspects were handed over to the Command by troops of the Special Forces Battalion.
He said: “Based on inter-agency collaboration towards complementing the constitutional mandates of the Police as a lead Agency in maintaining the internal security, six suspects were handed over to the Command by operatives of 133 Special Forces Battalion based in Azare, Bauchi state.
