87-Year -old Kidnapper Arrested Inside Falgore Forest In Kano

Muhammad Tukur, 87, who has lived in the Falgore
Forest in Kano for over three decades, has been
apprehended by the Kano Police Command for allegedly
being part of a kidnapping gang.
However, Tukur denied being a member of the criminal
gang that has specialised in kidnapping and cattle
rustling for over 30 years operating from the Falgore
Forest.
He told reporters at the Kano Police Command that he
had never participated in kidnapping or cattle rustling;
but had been arrested because he refused to flee when
the police swooped on the den of the criminals.
“For years that the criminals had been operating in the
forest close to my house and I had been warning them
that there will be a day when they will meet their
waterloo; but they refused to listen.”
On why he did not report their nefarious activities to the
police, Tukur said: “I refused to report to police
believing that they (criminals) are close to the security
operatives. But nobody believed my story; instead they
said I’m part of the criminal gang.”
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