Nigerian Police Arrest Mastermind Of Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the alleged mastermind behind the March 29, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack that left some passengers killed and scores abducted.

The suspect, identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi aka Mande, is also said to be behind the kidnapping and murder of students of Greenfield University and the many abductions along the Abuja-Kaduna highway.

Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who made this known in Kaduna on Thursday, May 2, said 48 AK-47 rifles were seized during Mande’s arrest and efforts were underway to identify his sponsor and supplier of weapons.

“On 12th January 2024, police operatives attached to an anti-kidnapping unit of Kaduna State Criminal Investigation Department, based on credible information swooped in and arrested one Ibrahim Abdullahi aka MANDE at Abuja-Kaduna Road flyover by Rido Junction.

The suspect confessed to being the leader of a kidnap syndicate terrorizing the Kaduna-Abuja highway, ranked among other criminals like Dogo Gide and Bello Turji.

He had participated in various kidnapping incidents including the kidnapping incident at Green Field University and he partook in almost all the kidnappings along the Abuja-Kaduna highway.”