Posted by Chinenye on Thu 09th Jul, 2026 - tori.ng
A suspected kidnap gang member arrested in Delta State has made a startling claim about his alleged activities and connections.
(The Suspect. Photo by Daily Post)
An alleged b@ndit kingpin arrested in a forest in Delta State, Abubakar Usman, has claimed that he and other members of his gang rear cattle for an Alhaji based in Abuja.
It was gathered that operatives of the Delta State Police Command's Anti-Kidnapping Squad, working in collaboration with the SafeCity Security Service, arrested the suspect on Wednesday during an operation at his hideout in the Ogwashi-Uku/Adonta Forest.
Usman was apprehended following an exchange of gunfire between security operatives and the suspected kidn@ppers.
The operation was carried out in response to the abd£ction of one Mrs Blessing Chiedu, a native of Umunede Kingdom, who was kidn@pped on July 2, 2026, along the Ani-Ifekide Farm Road in Ubulu-Uku.
Confirming the development, human rights activist Harrison Gwamnishu, in a post on social media, said the kidn@ppers had demanded a N100 million ransom from the victim's family.
A video circulating online showed Gwamnishu interviewing the suspect shortly after his arrest.
During the interview, Usman disclosed that he had travelled from Niger State, his state of origin, to Delta State, where he linked up with two other members of the gang.
He alleged that the group had received about N5 million in ransom from one of their victims.
"We are three in number. I'm from Niger State. We were using a pump-action gun.
The Alhaji we are working for is in Abuja, but I don't know exactly where he lives," the suspect said.
A notorious bandit has confessed to kidnapping, revealing how the gang carried out the operation and shared the spoils in Delta State.
— Thefrontrank (@ThefrontrankHub) July 9, 2026
According to the suspect, they collected N1.5 million as ransom, with his own share amounting to N500,000.pic.twitter.com/IR5W3bGrWq