Security operatives have reportedly arrested a wanted kidnapper at the hajj camp in Abuja.
According to Daily Trust, a security source at the camp confirmed the arrest on Sunday.
The source said that the suspect was arrested during screening of pilgrims who were preparing to be airlifted to Saudi Arabia.
He revealed that the suspect – identified as Yahaya Zango – resided at Paikon-Kore in Gwagwalada area council of the FCT.
The source added that security agencies had declared him wanted after his alleged involvement in some kidnapping cases.
According to the source, the suspect presented his passport alongside other Muslim contingent from Abuja who were on their way to observe this year’s hajj.
“It was this afternoon during the screening at the hajj camp in airport when the DSS operatives apprehended him and whisked him away,” he said.
A senior official at the Muslim pilgrims welfare board, who pleaded anonymity, also confirmed the arrest of the suspect.
The suspect is said to have been on the run after security agencies launched a manhunt for him.
At the time of filing this report, the FCT police command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, is yet to confirm the arrest as she neither picked the call put through to her by DAILY POST nor responded to text messages.
