By Ken Chiwendu
The Police Command in Katsina says it has arrested 45 suspects in the kidnap of a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), retired General Maharazu Tsiga,
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Abubakar Sadiq, disclosed this during a press briefing held at the Command Headquarters to review crime fighting achievements recorded in the previous month of January 2025.
He announced that a total of 45 suspects have been arrested in connection with various crimes within the period
Abubakar recalled that, on February 6,2025 at about 0530 hours, information was received at the Bakori divisional police headquarters of the suspected activities of some suspected armed bandits where they attacked Tsiga Village and immediately, operatives responded to the scene to rescue the situation.
“Unfortunately, before the arrival of the operatives, the hoodlums already succeeded in their mission”, he added
Tsiga was kidnapped alongside several other residents of Tsiga village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State on Wednesday evening.
His kidnappers are said to have reached out to his family and demanded a N250Million ransom.
On December 11, 2020 , over 300 students were abducted from a secondary school in Kankara Local Government Area is one of the state
