Security operatives have arrested a spiritualist and charmer who is identified as Abdullahi Bello for providing charms and offering prayers for terrorists in Katsina.
Bello 50, according to police source, provides charms to terrorists and offer prayers for their successful operations in Katsina metropolis.
Recoveries made from the spiritualist includes two motorcycles, eight mobile phones, and several charms
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Isah Gambo paraded the suspect along with four of the terrorists involved in Ammar’s kidnap at the Command’s headquarters on Monday.
The charmer who hails from Kandamau village in the Niger Republic was fingered in the abduction of one Ammar Abdulkadir by a team of seven bandits from his residence in Katsina metropolis on 12 January 2022.
The terrorists having confessed to kidnappings in Katsina State revealed that they conspired with one Ibrahim alias “NAMADI” and other terrorists hibernating in Dumburum forest to carry attack on villages.
A Police officer, SP Gambo in charge of anti-kidnapping and his team carried out investigation that led to the arrest of the charmer, some kidnappers and cattle rustlers in Katsina.
The Terrorists arrested are: “Yusuf Usman 27, of Bayan Gidan Lema Jibrin, Katsina, Kabir Bello 20, Yammawa Quarters Katsina, Sani Musa 31, of Tudun Baras Quarters Katsina, Salisu Ya’u, alias “MAI-RAFANAI” 37, of Kwarare village, Jibia.”
