Three kidnappers have been arrested during a raid at their hideout in Manini, Isana and Etere forests in Nasko local government area of Niger State.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Monday Kuryas, disclosed this on Sunday.
He said Police operatives raided the bandits hideouts at about 9am.
Those arrested, according to him are Abubakar, Aliyu Abubakar and Mohamed Aliyu.
“The suspects confessed to have kidnapped one Alhaji Mohammed Bariki of Magaman Daji village, Nasko LGA where they collected N5 million ransom and one Usman Maiyana of Ibana village Nasko Local Government Area and they collected N3 million as ransom,” Kuryas said.
He said the sum of N100,000 was recovered from them, which was part of the ransom.
Kuryas said the command had deployed an anti-kidnap squad to the area to ensure the arrest of others at large and recover their arms.
