By Abdallah el-Kurebe

The Department for State Service (DSS) has paraded a gang of seven syndicate that has been kidnapping and terrorising villages in Goronyo, Isah and Sabon Birni local governments of Sokoto State.

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The Director, Tijjani Kaffa who paraded the suspects at the  Command headquarters yesterday advised them to surrender their arms and embrace Sokoto State government’s Amnesty programme.

“There are incentives and other necessary support for them to be readmitted into the society’s fold for the better,” he said.

Kaffa who disclosed that the suspects  specialised in kidnapping, armed robbery and cattle rustling, also said that the gang was led by Abdullahi Mohammed (a.k.a Hanaswa) of Zangon Arab with other suspects as Shabi Danmusa, Abdullahi Boka, Isah Aliyu, Sule, Tukur and Ibrahim Maye all of Taloka village in Sabon Birnii. Also paraded were three suspected vandals of cables, solar panels  and water supply equipment worth N8 million.

Kaffa  said the arrests were made in separate joint operations with the military between April 15 and April 19, 2017 as a result of the abduction of  one Nasiru Aliyu Maigoro of Tolaka village after collecting a ransom of N1 million.