The Inspector General, Ibrahim Idris, has rewarded 27
policemen with a special promotion to their next ranks, for their gallantry in
the operation that led to the killing of dreaded kidnap kingpin, Henry
Chibueze, alias Vampire.
Meanwhile, three suspects, including a 23-year-old woman, Aisha Bature, who
were said to be members of a kidnapping and robbery gang terrorising Kaduna and
Kastina states, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of
Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, for robbing Kastina State
Governor’s son, Ibrahim Bello Masari.
VONNEWS gathered that the Inspector General, Ibrahim Idris, who
received a complaint on the incident, deployed his IRT operatives to track down
the suspects.
It was gathered that one of the suspects, Nuhu Fulani, was arrested by the
operatives in possession of a Samsung S6 mobile phone that was stolen from the
governor’s son.
Nuhu Fulani, it was gathered, led the operatives to the home of one of his
colleagues, Yahaya Mohammed, where a locally-made gun was recovered.
VONNEWS further gathered that the gang leader, Bature, fled when
he sighted the police and his wife Aisha hid the gang’s AK-47 rifle with a
fully-loaded magazine in the toilet.
On the promotion of officers, the policemen, who were attached to the IRT
and the Imo State Anti-Kidnapping units, were deployed to Imo State by the IG
to track down the Vampire after he was rescued from the Owerri High
Court on January 27, by members of his gang.
Sources at the Force Headquarters disclosed that the IG offered the special
promotion to the policemen in appreciation of their dedication to service and
display of gallantry, adding that medals of commendation would be given to the
officers too.
