Bauchi State Police Command has arrested four kidnap for ransom kingpins in Bauchi State.

The suspects confessed to the killing of a retired Divisional Police Officer DPO CSP Garkuwa and a serving lawmaker Hon. Musa Mante of the state House of Assembly.

The suspects however noted that they killed the Police officer after his retirement for making life tough and miserable for them by constantly searching for them, they also said that they killed the late lawmaker and kidnapped his wives and children for failing to assist them with funds after making several requests for it.

The syndicate's key suspect is Hamishu Galadima 48 alias Kan Wuka and Abdulwahab Alhassan alias Emeka and Abdulwahab Ahmed alias Dan mama and Hamidu Saleh are kidnappers.

After a well-coordinated operation by the DCP Tunji Disu led intelligence Police team, the officers apprehended the suspects and they confessed their involvement and roles in all the kidnappings and armed robbery operations in Plateau, Bauchi and Kaduna villages and market roads on Mondays.

They also confessed to have burgled the room of one Suleiman Shuaibu alias Shayi a native of Dass local council of Bauchi State at about 0115 hours and took into captivity six members of the man's family.

On the killing of the lawmaker, he said that the criminal gang eliminated the man for refusing to assist them with funds after several requests were made of him from his gang members whereas he always assisted others.

The other suspect Abdulwahab alias Emeka who further confessed that they worked with the gang leader in the various kidnapping cases added that he was previously dealing on hard drugs and had interacted and knew all the criminals terrorising the villages in Bauchi.

He however said that he did not follow the crime suspects to the home of the lawmaker but he only provided them with the information that was needed for his capture.

He added that he was an ex-convict who was arrested for drug offences by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA and was imprisoned twice for two-year jail terms

and served his terms and was released.

The suspects further admitted that they had engaged the late lawmaker in an argument about his constituency projects that were said to be lopsided and when he could not provide a satisfactory answer they shot him.

On the exhibits confiscated by the Police team, they had confessed to having operated with one AK 47 assault rifle and assorted range of ammunitions.