{"id":68304,"date":"2019-08-08T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=68304"},"modified":"2019-08-08T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T18:06:09","slug":"where-is-the-notorious-kidnapper-you-freednigeria-police-ask-nigeria-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/where-is-the-notorious-kidnapper-you-freednigeria-police-ask-nigeria-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Is The Notorious Kidnapper You Freed,Nigeria Police Ask Nigeria Army"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nigeria Police have asked the Army to account for Hamisu Bala Wadume, the notorious kidnapper who was set free by soldiers after three policemen and a civilian were killed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nThe police in a statement signed by Force Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, said while the Army distorted the facts, they failed to reveal where a distress call for the alleged complainer of a kidnap emanated from.<\/p>\n

The statement reads below:<\/p>\n

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT \u2013 WHERE IS THE \u201cRESCUED\u201d NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPER, ALHAJI HAMISU BALA WADUME?<\/p>\n

The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to the Press Release by the Nigerian Army dated 07 August, 2019, seeking to justify the unprovoked and unwarranted murder of three (3) Police officers and one (1) Civilian, and serious injury to other operatives, who were on legitimate criminal investigation activities to Taraba State, to arrest one Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume indicted in a series of high-profile kidnap incidents in the State. In the best tradition of Esprit de Corps, Inter-Agency Harmony and National Interest, the Nigeria Police Force would naturally have kept quiet, but it has become imperative to set the record straight by addressing the obvious distortion of facts inherent in the Press Release by the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n

The most important question arising from the Nigerian Army Press Release is: Where is Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume? Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume is a millionaire kidnapper arrested by the Police but paradoxically treated as a \u2018\u2018kidnap victim\u2019\u2019 by the Soldiers and subsequently \u2018rescued\u2019 by them. Where is he? Where is the rescued kidnapper?<\/p>\n

Secondly, the Press Release was silent on the source of the alleged distress report or identity of the complainant, on the strength of whose report, the Army claimed had informed their decision to engage in the purported chase and rescue operation. Needless to state that in the true spirit of transparency and accountability, the Nigerian Army ought to have arrested the purported distress caller – if any – for obviously and deliberately furnishing them with false and misleading information. Besides, such arrest should in fact be made public!<\/p>\n

Thirdly, it is not true that the Policemen failed to identify themselves as alleged in the Press Release. The video on the incident, now viral, wherein the voice of one of the soldiers was heard loudly proclaiming that the Policemen were from the Force Headquarters, Abuja speaks volume. Besides, the presence of the IRT personnel was well known to the Taraba Police Command as the Operatives officially and properly documented not only at the State Command Headquarters but also at the Wukari Area Command and the Ibi Divisional Headquarters. As a matter of fact, some of the Detectives from the Taraba State Command\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) were part of the operation.<\/p>\n

The Force also considers it insensitive, disrespectful and unpatriotic for the Press Release by the Army to continue to describe Policemen on lawful National Assignment as \u2018suspected kidnappers\u2019 long after it had become crystal clear to the Army that these are Law Enforcement Officers who unfortunately were gruesomely murdered in the line of duty by Nigerian soldiers attached to 93 Battalion, Takum.<\/p>\n

In the final analysis, we leave the Nigerian Army authorities to provide Nigerians with answers on the following questions emanating from their Press Release:
\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Where is the notorious kidnapper, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume \u2018rescued\u2019 by the soldiers?
\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 How and why was Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume released by the soldiers?
\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 How could a kidnap suspect properly restrained with handcuffs by the Police escape from the hands of his military rescuers?
\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 If Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume is a \u2018\u2018victim of kidnap\u2019\u2019 as claimed, and properly rescued by soldiers, why was he not taken to the Army Base for documentation purposes and debriefing in line with the Standard Operating Procedure in the Nigerian Army?
\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Why were the Police Operatives shot at close range even after they had identified themselves as Police Officers on legitimate duty as evident in the video now in circulation?<\/p>\n

DCP FRANK MBA
\nFORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
\nFORCE HEADQUARTERS
\nABUJA<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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