By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
The Nigeria Police Force says it’s operatives have apprehended the alleged criminal mastermind behind the 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack.
Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this during a press briefing in Kaduna on Thursday, while parading the arrested suspect identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi, also known as Mandi.
TheFact Daily recalls that no fewer than eight people died while 168 others were declared missing when the Kaduna bound train was attacked in March 2022 with most of them kidnapped.The hostages were released in batches with the last batch of 23 regaining their freedom on 5 October.
Adejobi, at the briefing also disclosed that Mandi participated in the abduction of students from Greenfield University in 2021.
He added that 48 AK-47 rifles were seized during Mandi’s arrest and efforts are underway to identify his sponsor and supplier of weapons.
