READ What Police Did To Masquerade, 20 Others Over Murder, Robbery, Kidnap

In line with its usual routine, the Kogi state police command in Lokoja on Tuesday, December 8, paraded 20 suspected criminals, including a masquerade said to have stabbed one person to death during a festival, kidnappers, armed robbers and others for terrorising the people of the state in recent time, reports Vanguard.

During the process of parading the suspects at the command headquarters, Williams Aya, the state police public relations officer, said that the bearer of the ‘masquerade’, whose real name was Shaibu Musa, of Okene town of the state and eight others now at large, conspired and in the disguise of celebrating the Ekhechi masquerade festival, brought out the Obiede masquerade to terrorise the people.

He added that in the process the ‘masquerade’ engaged Ishak Yusuf, the deceased, in a fight and stabbed him to death.

The Kogi police spokesman stated that although upon further interrogations, the masquerade suspect denied taking part in the fight during which the deceased was killed.

Musa however, admitted that he alongside some of his colleagues had attended the Obiedu masquerade festival at 11p.m on the same day in question.

Vanguard reports that the police command also paraded three otherssuspects, Lawal Jale, Abubakar Isah and Haruna Iliyasu, for attempting to kidnap a brother to one of the suspects.

In the police spokesman’s words, Jale of Fulani camp, Obajana, invited his friends from Katsina state to kidnap and assassinate his brother, Mu’azu Yahaya, adding that the suspects were arrested in the process of carrying out the act.”

Some others who were also among the paraded suspects had also embarked on a kidnap process when they were arrested. Others had gone for robbery but were nabbed as well.

For instance, the police spokesman showed another suspect, Aliu Umar, who was arrested in connection with the kidnap of Usman Waziri of Fulani camp, Ogale in Ijumu local government rea of the state in July.

He further disclosed that after kidnapping the victim, Umar demanded for N1million ransom and subsequently released him after the payment of the ransom.

He added: “The men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SAR), however, arrested Umar in Isua-Akoko, Ondo state following the complaints by the victim.”

Meanwhile, Boko Haram insurgents reportedly invaded a community near Chibok town, Borno state, injuring scores, destroying over 60 houses and looting food supplies.

According to Daily Sun reports, the insurgents attacked the Takulashi village at about 11am on Sunday, December 6.