Notorious kidnap kingpin Alhaji Hamisu Bala, popularly known as “Wadume” has narrated the encounter between the Nigerian Police and Nigerian Army that led to his release in Taraba.
Speaking in Hausa in a video posted on the Police Twitter account, he explained that the soldiers took him to their headquarters and cut off his handcuffs after which he ran away.
“I am Hamisu Bala also known as Wadume. The police came to Ibi and arrested me. After arresting me, they were taking away when soldiers went after them and opened fire and some policemen were killed. From there the soldiers took me to their headquarters and cut off the handcuffs on my hands and I ran away.”
Police rearrest notorious kidnap kingpin Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wudume. pic.twitter.com/ubFdMErLTc
— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) August 20, 2019
It would be recalled that Wadume’s escaped after an attack on his police captors by soldiers and a village mob along Ibi-Wukari road in Taraba state on August 6.
The killing sparked off massive public reactions which led to the constitution of a special investigative panel.
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The investigation panel, which is working with presidential authority, was initially scheduled to conclude its findings last week but was given two additional weeks.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has commended his men for the perseverance and painstaking efforts exhibited that led to the arrest of suspected notorious kidnap kingpin Alhaji Hamisu Bala, popularly known as “Wadume”.
He said that the arrest of the suspected kidnapper would help to bring answers to circumstances that led to the killing of his men and other innocent civilian by soldiers during his initial arrest in Taraba, on Aug. 6.
