Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested, by the Nigeria Police Force.
Mr Wadume was the ‘high profile’ kidnapping suspect arrested by the police on August 6. He was being driven to Jalingo by the police team when soldiers opened fire on them along Ibi-Wukari Road, killing three police officers and a civilian.
This was contained in a press statement shared on Police official Twitter handle alongside a video clip to confirmed the re-arrest.
POLICE RE-ARREST NOTORIOUS KIDNAP KINGPIN
ALHAJI HAMISU BALA WADUME pic.twitter.com/vjEY5GRt7y— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) August 20, 2019
Police rearrest notorious kidnap kingpin Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wudume. pic.twitter.com/ubFdMErLTc
— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) August 20, 2019
Wadume also disclosed in a trending video how he was released by the Soldiers before he was finally re-arrested by the Police.
“I’m Hamisu Bala, notoriously known as ‘Wudume’. @PoliceNG
arrested me in Ibbi and @HQNigerianArmy followed us and opened fire on them killing some policemen. They(soldiers) then took us to their base and cut the handcuffs, I then escape but was rearrested by police,” he said.
See video:
Police rearrest notorious kidnap kingpin Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wudume. pic.twitter.com/ubFdMErLTc
— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) August 20, 2019
