Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap kingpin in Taraba State, has implicated Nigerian soldiers, saying that they aided his escape from the hands of police officers.
After his arrest, Mr Wadume was taken to the Force Headquarters on Tuesday afternoon, where he had been making statements to the police.
At a short appearance before police camera on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Wadume corroborated police’s suspicion that Nigerian Army personnel were involved in the conspiracy that led to the killing of four persons and wounding of others.
He said he was arrested in Ibi, Taraba State, but “on our way out of Ibi, some soldiers opened fire on the vehicle I was being transported in and killed some police officers, “ he said.
“The soldiers then took me to their headquarters and cut off the handcuff from my hands and set me free.
“I have been hiding since then until now that the police arrested me again,” he said.
The Inspector-General Muhammad Adamu said the arrest would lead to the smashing of other kidnap rings across Nigeria.
Although the Nigerian Army confirmed soldiers were responsible for the killing of the policemen, it denied that it was deliberate, blaming it on a communication gap.
