Video: Police Rearrest Kidnap Kingpin, Wadume

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Detectives have again arrested the kidnap-kingpin who caused the murder of three policemen, two civilians and left five others injured as soldiers allegedly launched an attack to free him after he was first arrested.

NewsmakersNG learnt that Hamisu Bala aka Wadume was rearrested by the police last night in his hideout at Layin Mai Allo Hotoro area of Kano State, says police spokesman, DCP Frank Mba in a statement today.

The suspect was taken to the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, in Abuja, where he was paraded and his confessional statement recorded in a video obtained by NewsmakersNG.

Wadume’s escape after an attack on his police captors by soldiers and a village mob along Ibi-Wukari Road in Taraba State on August 6 sparked off massive public reactions and led to the constitution of a special investigative panel.

The panel, which is working with presidential authority, was initially scheduled to conclude its findings last week but was given two additional weeks.

Mba stated that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has commended the police operatives for their perseverance and painstaking efforts and expressed his profound gratitude to all Nigerians for their “unparalleled show of love and empathy to the Force and the families of the officers and patriotic civilians who paid the supreme price in the service of their fatherland”.

Mba added, “It is his belief that the re-arrest of the suspect, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, will no doubt, help in bringing answers to the numerous but hitherto unanswered questions touching on the incident and the larger criminal enterprise of the suspect.”