The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested Ibrahim Abdullahi, a.k.a Mande, the suspected mastermind of the March 28, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack.
The suspect is also said to be behind other terrorist attacks including the kidnapping and murder of students of Greenfield University and other abductions on the Abuja-Kaduna highway.
Force public relations officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said Mande was nabbed along with several other suspects.
LEADERSHIP Friday recalls that on 28 March, 2022, terrorists used explosives to derail an Abuja-Kaduna bound AK-9 passenger. The terrorists thereafter opened fire at the passengers, killing some and taking the rest into captivity for months, with victims paying hundreds of millions of naira to buy their freedom.
But parading the train attack suspects at the Kaduna Police command headquarters yesterday, the force spokesman said that Mande was arrested at the Abuja-Kaduna Road flyover by Rido Junction in Chikun local government area, following credible information.
He said the suspect had confessed to being a leader of a kidnap syndicate terrorising the Kaduna-Abuja expressway and ranked among notorious bandits like Dogo Gide and Bello Turji.
