Crime: Police arrests 30 kidnapers, deadly armed robbers terrorizing Okene-Lokoja-Kabba road

Some of the suspects being paraded

Security was really tightened this festive period as the police on Wednesday, paraded 30 notorious kidnap and armed robbery suspects terrorizing Kogi State and neighboring states.

Those arrested includes suspects behind the kidnap and murder of Jose Machada, a Portuguese engineer with Dangote Cement Company in Obajana, a senior staff of same company, Istifanus Bello and many innocent Nigerians.

Parading the suspects before newsmen at the Kogi Police Command Headquarters in Lokoja, the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood said the arrests were in response to the inspector-generalof Police, Ibrahim Idris' directive to rid the nation of crime.

Among items recovered from them are 11 AK-47 riffles, two Berettapistols, two Revolver pistols, 334 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition, a dagger, cutlass and military camouflage uniforms.

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