hedonido:
Great report. We're getting there.

Where sir? What is special in the report that has not happened before. Go get 1970 Daily Times or 1980 Newswatch and read investigative reportage. This "We are getting there" slang should stop please. It reeks of mediocrity.

Mcreloaded:


You right but if i am forced to involve in such then it means i must have plans to kill the other accomplice as they are the weak spot in the whole operation.

Baad niggur... You must be an experienced... � I hail�

This report isn't comprehensive. Questions are:

1. When the soldiers shot at the vehicle and it sommersulted, was their intent to kill everyone on board?

2. How come a vehicle was shot from a distance and only the the kidnapper in chains made it out?

3. There were videos or audio purportedly of the police men identifying themselves to the army, this report didn't capture that.

The army knew they were police officers on a covert mission but they killed the police officers to rescue their Kidnapper friend, nothing else.

You supporters of this failed government cannot twist the story to make Buhari and Buraitai look good. Those two are failures QED.

Stoicbaba:


Baad niggur... You must be an experienced... � I hail�

Not necessarily. And as a matter of fact i dont indulge in crime because i know i cant do the time.
Just stating the obvious why its not good to do crime as it is difficult to commit a crime alone so its safer to hustle and pray for God to bless your hardwork

DennisEche:
Operation find wadume.... The foul yansh don' open. The NA are now exposed of their atrocities in aiding and abetting of crimes.
I mist commend the intelligence team of the IRT.
Those guys works like magic if not for the stupidity of the Soldiers on check point. This would have been a smooth operation

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The IRT also made a mistake of driving into town after picking him up and the moment they loose guard and allowed him bring his head out of the car to call for help their fate was sealed.

Mayeldah:
This report isn't comprehensive. Questions are:

1. When the soldiers shot at the vehicle and it sommersulted, was their intent to kill everyone on board?

2. How come a vehicle was shot from a distance and only the the kidnapper in chains made it out?

3. There were videos or audio purportedly of the police men identifying themselves to the army, this report didn't capture that.

The army knew they were police officers on a covert mission but they killed the police officers to rescue their Kidnapper friend, nothing else.

You supporters of this failed government cannot twist the story to make Buhari and Buraitai look good. Those two are failures QED.

Thank you. Did the Policemen not cross those checkpoints to enter the town? What is wrong in stopping at checkpoint to identify yourselves? A town where three military check points are mounted should tell you that security is a concern to the environment. Why would the police not stop and identify themselves instead of attempting to overrun the check point? Increasingly there are questions not answered. Lastly while shooting was going on, the bullets were sensible enough not to kill Wadume and his accomplice but killed only Policemen. Story and great reporter!

daddytime:
This is a very good and detailed reportage.

Thank God it wasn't done by any of the yeye bloggers on here. But I'm very sure they'd copy and remix it with their bombastic English soon before worrying their heads with it.

There is sure to be a reprisal attack on the guy used to set him up including his family.

Northern just discovered that crime pays.Nigeria go be a wonderful place to live in the next few years to come!.i think that Nigeria politician have finally do themselves in

During interrogation, Kwarba revealed that Bala was their leader. The police then allowed Kwarba to be communicating with Bala on the phone for over three days, as though he was not in detention. Based on their communication, the police were able to gather useful information.
It was during one of their conversations on the phone that Bala disclosed that he was coming to Ibi for Eid el Kabir celebration. On arrival in Ibi, Bala phoned Kwarba to inform him.


Nobody is saying anything concerning the above statement.

Hamisu Wadume is a suspected kidnapper, the civilian killed (Kwarba) is just to cover up.

airbrush:


Northern just discovered that crime pays.Nigeria go be a wonderful place to live in the next few years to come!.i think that Nigeria politician have finally do themselves in

The Northen Talakawas go soon liberate themselves from years of oppression by their wicked thieving elites...

The zip wey dey their eyes don dey spoil small small

Plenty12:
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The IRT also made a mistake of driving into town after picking him up and the moment they loose guard and allowed him bring his head out of the car to call for help their fate was sealed.

Yea true talk but you never can tell because a high profile criminal of such should have stayed in the middle not by the window

if the kidnapper wasn't connected to the military I see no reason why he is on the run the police should intensify efforts in bringing back this man

Accountantgener:
A nairalander who claims to sell data,he is a scammer I just sent the sum of 5,000naira to him today and he gave me a non existing code to use in checking my data balance which is *131*65*2*1*2# and that code does not actually exist,his real names are AGU KENECHUKWU,ACCESS BANK, A/C NOS IS 0761393797 and his phone number is 09065287121 and he no longer picks my call and has temporarily switched off his phone since after I became his victim and started telling the world on nairaland. I had to join nairaland today so as to pass the message to the whole world to know .Pls share this message across to everyone until the whole world gets it to help a neighbour avoid been scammed online.

Greediness and covetousness is the reason you fell for his scam. Why must you cheat MTN or Glo, when you should jejely go and buy recharge card and subcribe for data.
Awoof dey really run belle

This is what we call investigative journalism


Requires an award

No previous account was this clear and detailed

looks like PDP/APC senator election posing... for poster...

Very interesting story. It doesn’t add up tho’

Mcreloaded:


You right but if i am forced to involve in such then it means i must have plans to kill the other accomplice as they are the weak spot in the whole operation.

which is why it is said that their can no loose ends and you don't burn candles at both end.

mansakhalifa:
So, he graduated from a fishmonger to a "fisher of men". I think he reads the bible in his spare time and wanted to emulate the disciples. The story should have been titled "Wadume: From Fishmonger To Fisher Of Men, The Making Of A Kidnap Kingpin".

Fantastic reportage, I must say. I must also say that I am quite impressed with the way some of our journalists work these days. This is an award-winning story TBH.

To think the clown also tried to become a politician at some point... He was probably feeling like the local Escobar already.

He was trying to be a bigger politician because he never stopped being one. Why do you think he was giving out gifts. He would have actually come up in 2023 for a shot again. There is money now and goodwill from his people.
This one would have gone ahead to become senator/ governor/president.
No wonder this country is where it is right now

This is deep, so many people will go in for this

The army captain is already robed for breaking the handcuff

Hmmmm, Army, this is how they shield their own person who spends for them

Shouting that he was kidnapped was the only thing that spoilt these smooth operation which was already a success

Plenty12:
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The IRT also made a mistake of driving into town after picking him up and the moment they loose guard and allowed him bring his head out of the car to call for help their fate was sealed.

Yes, their fate was sealed, unfortunately the alleged kidnapper changed it for them

Elchicolo:
THE suspected Taraba kidnap kingpin is a petty fish trader, painter, politician, polygamist with many children and a philanthropist. His wealth status might have been exergerated because of his generosity and profligate spending.

He was reclusive until the last two years. His wealth, allegedly through kidnapping shot him into ‘prominence’.

He is at the centre of a disagreement between the Army and the Police following soldiers killing of three policemen and a civilian who were on an anti-kidnapping mission in Taraba State.

The incident is under probe following public outcry.

Who is he? His name is Hamisu Bala. His nickname is “Why Do You Mean?”, which many mistake for “Wadume.” He is a Hausa man whose great grand father migrated from Katsina state.

He was born and brought up in Ibi local government area of Taraba State. His late father, Bala, was Hausa, while his mother was Tiv, from Ukum local government area of Benue state.

He holds a secondary school certificate, having attended the Government Secondary School (GSS) Ibi. It was gathered that he was “not a brilliant” Arts student.

“He completed secondary school in 2004 and did not proceed to any tertiary institution,” one of his classmates told The Nation.

Bala, 35, suddenly became so rich that many believe he made it through ‘ritual’. His posh residence in Ibi was built only last year. Before then, he was a petty trader who specialised in buying and selling fish in Ibi.

“He was not even a big trader; he could only afford to buy only one or most of the time, half a basket of fish to sell at retail prices,” a source, who knows him well, said.

Bala was a painter who had partnership with his brother.

During the 2019 polls, he aspired to become a House of Assembly member, representing Ibi Constituency, on the platform of the Young Democratic Party (YDP). But, he did not make it.

After making money Bala has been living the life of a philanthropist.

In the last two years, he reportedly built houses for his friends and donated hundreds of motorcycles and cars to young men and women. He is also believed to be generous to security agents.

“Sometimes he (alleged kidnapper) goes to tea sellers and settles the bills of tea drinkers. Then, he gives N10,000 each to the people,” a source in Ibi said.

Two of his wives have been under house arrest. His other two wives are in Mecca on pilgrimage, it was learnt.

So, how did police know Bala was a big time kidnapper to the extent of apprehending him? One of Bala’s accomplices, known as Kwarba, was apprehended by the police in Jalingo, over his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a Permanent Secretary.

During interrogation, Kwarba revealed that Bala was their leader. The police then allowed Kwarba to be communicating with Bala on the phone for over three days, as though he was not in detention. Based on their communication, the police were able to gather useful information.

It was during one of their conversations on the phone that Bala disclosed that he was coming to Ibi for Eid el Kabir celebration. On arrival in Ibi, Bala phoned Kwarba to inform him.

Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) embarked on the journey. They got to the police headquarters in Jalingo, before proceeding to Ibi, in a white Toyota Hummer Bus marked, LAGOS: MUS-564EU.

They were in mufti, and carried Kwarba along so that he could identify Bala. They met Bala at a coffee joint, at the junction to Government Lodge. Kwarba identified him.

To pull the wool over the kidnapper’s eyes, the policemen in disguise went out and told him they brought a bus for sale. Bala sought to know the cost of the vehicle so that he could buy it, but the policemen suggested they would step aside for bargaining.

It was when he (Bala) got into the bus that the policemen told him they were there to arrest him, after handcuffing and chaining his legs.

After arresting the suspect, the operatives drove into Ibi town briefly and began to drive carefully out of the town.

But while passing the coffee joint, (where Bala was picked) the suspected kidnapper forced his head out of the vehicle and shouted: “I have been kidnapped by these people.”

Soon, the news spread and some of Bala’s ‘boys’ began to chase the vehicle on motorbikes. The operatives had passed the first and second check points, with only one remaining to pass.

Bala’s accomplices then called the military checkpoint where the bus was ambushed. They opened fire on the bus conveying the operatives and suspected kidnapper. The bus somersaulted into the bush, following the barrage of gun fire, as the driver lost control of the wheel.

A source revealed that, after the killing of the three policemen and the civilian, Bala, who was handcuffed and chained in the legs, crawled and took refuge in the home of an old Jukun woman.

The following day, he called his army captain friend who came with three of his ‘boys’ in a red Tyoyota Corolla.

Our source alleged that the army captain cut the chains on the suspected kidnapper.

“It was around 7:30 am that he (Bala) was taken back to his home in Ibi in the red car,” an eyewitness said.

On getting back to Ibi, his neighbours and Ibi residents went into jubilation. It was gathered that while the jubilation was on, Bala sneaked out of town. He has not been seen since then.


https://thenationonlineng.net/unmasking-kidnap-kingpin-wadume/amp/

If Nigerian Police get this one now, na roast dem go roast am with him ancestors as body dey bite dem now

This is investigative journalism not those yeyr bloggers with junk details and explanation


But i doubt if this guy will b apprehended again.


Since he is a philanthropist in d town ....information of security agents will b "snitched"


I will gv headway if police get him arrested

dangoteinlaw:
Lol more lies.... This story has lies written all over it. They arrested someone but kept on driving instead of identifying themselves to the public?? Well it's none of my biz though

If they had stopped they will be mobbed and probably killed, his boys are all over the place. Stopping would have been extremely dangerous.

daddytime:
This is a very good and detailed reportage.

Thank God it wasn't done by any of the yeye bloggers on here. But I'm very sure they'd copy and remix it with their bombastic English soon before worrying their heads with it.

There is sure to be a reprisal attack on the guy used to set him up including his family.

The informant is already dead, he was the civilian that was killed alongside the policemen

Ikem11:
I thought na only Evans they do kidnapping? Wow even musa follow join?

Funny u.

But while passing the coffee joint, (where Bala was picked) the suspected kidnapper forced his head out of the vehicle and shouted: “I have been kidnapped by these people.”
Soon, the news spread and some of Bala’s ‘boys’ began to chase the vehicle on motorbikes. The operatives had passed the first and second check points, with only one remaining to pass.
Bala’s accomplices then called the military checkpoint where the bus was ambushed. They opened fire on the bus conveying the operatives and suspected kidnapper.

I'm surprised non of the commenters took time to reflect @ the bolded.

If the officers were mistaken for kidnappers by the military as the story teller wants us to believe.
How come the "supposed kidnappers" were not shot at the first and second checkpoint until the military were called?

daddytime:
This is a very good and detailed reportage.

Thank God it wasn't done by any of the yeye bloggers on here. But I'm very sure they'd copy and remix it with their bombastic English soon before worrying their heads with it.

There is sure to be a reprisal attack on the guy used to set him up including his family.

trust our bloggers they would distorted the story by way of cut and join.

The police operation could have been a very clean operation if not for the sabotage act of the soldiers at those check point. But it seem the police wanted a very silent and clean operation because they know how influencer the criminal is, they were avoiding attention and this even make the job riskier. They could have drove him straight to the airport to a waiting police chopper to convey him to abj. This would have save those special force trained by the police. The Nigeria police is under found

Its been long i read through an article till the last word, if it was from dos yeye bloggers, they will just turn the whole thing upside down, with no detail facts and places of occurence with their rubbish first class English and frenzy hyped cajoling

SOFTDRINK:

I'm surprised non of the commenters took time to reflect @ the bolded.

If the officers were mistaken for kidnappers by the military as the story teller wants us to believe.
How come the "supposed kidnappers" were not shot at the first and second checkpoint until the military were called?

Abi o

I guess the first two checkpoint, apparently, did not know about the kidnap. It was the third checkpoint (which had allegedly been contacted by the kidnapper's accomplices) that got to know and so opened fire.

All the same the story get plenty comma

Validated:

Thank you. Did the Policemen not cross those checkpoints to enter the town? What is wrong in stopping at checkpoint to identify yourselves? A town where three military check points are mounted should tell you that security is a concern to the environment. Why would the police not stop and identify themselves instead of attempting to overrun the check point? Increasingly there are questions not answered. Lastly while shooting was going on, the bullets were sensible enough not to kill Wadume and his accomplice but killed only Policemen. Story and great reporter!

it was a covert operation, the army on sentry was not meant to know about it, the army is not meant to execute and in such situations only shoot if they were shot at.
I find it difficult to believe the story coming from the army, my line of duty pits me very close to them and one thing i know is if they stay longer than two weeks in a place, they are easily corrupted.

Donpenny:
The police operation could have been a very clean operation if not for the sabotage act of the soldiers at those check point. But it seem the police wanted a very silent and clean operation because they know how influencer the criminal is, they were avoiding attention and this even make the job riskier. They could have drove him straight to the airport to a waiting police chopper to convey him to abj. This would have save those special force trained by the police. The Nigeria police is under found

It's possible they had even received information about likely collusion between some of the army officers and the kidnapper. That could explain why they were trying to gate-crash all the checkpoints. But it was a risky move.