The Niger State Police command arrested three suspects to pass by agents of the Commission of Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) for kidnapping and extorting students in Lapa.
The suspects, Emmanuel Linus, 30, De Deidei, Abuja, Hyelda Aliyu, 28, from Nyanya, Abuja and Abduljallid Tanko, 33, 33, 33, 33, were arrested on May 13, 2025, after the police officers have Sulaja, Sulaja, A Soule, A Soule, A Soule, A Soule Toille A Solegan. Kwakuti.
According to Police Public Relations officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, suspects used false EFCC identification cards, which were designed in a store in Nyanya, Abuja, with the same identification number 1069.
He explained that the suspects entered the room of a student with sustained electric tasers as weapons, collected five phones and kidnapped two people.
“The suspects demanded N10 million from the student's family, then negotiating N500,000, before being arrested,” said the state command professional.
Police revealed that during the interrogation, the suspects confessed that they were invited by their informants, Mohammed Hassan and Hamisu Adamu, both from Angwan-Hausa through Lapai, who provided them with information about students.
Abiodun revealed that the two informant collaborators were also arrested.
“The informants gave Emmanuel Linus information about the students, having known in Paiko. Emmanuel was identified as a soldier dismissed with criminal record and a former convict in the last two years.”
The five suspects, including the two informants, are currently under additional investigation in the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) and will be accused of the courts immediately after the investigation.