Men of the Department of State Services (DSS), have arrested a wanted kidnapper at the Hajj Camp in Abuja during pilgrim screenings ahead of their departure to Saudi Arabia, a security source confirmed this to AITNEWS.
The security insider revealed to AITNEWS that the suspected kidnapper, identified as Yahaya Zango, was arrested on Sunday.
Zango, who resides in the Paikon-Kore area of the Gwagwalada Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), had reportedly been declared wanted by security agencies over his alleged involvement in multiple kidnapping incidents.
Zango was apprehended after he presented his passport as part of a group of Muslim pilgrims from Abuja preparing to embark on the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage.
According to the insider, “It was this afternoon during the screening at the hajj camp in the airport when the DSS operatives apprehended him and whisked him away.
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A senior official from the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, who preferred to remain anonymous, also confirmed the suspect’s arrest AITNEWS.
AITNEWS gathered that the suspect had been on the run following a security-led manhunt.
AITNEWS is still awaiting the Department of State Services (DSS) to issue an official statement regarding the development.
(Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie)
