Police arrest suspect for threatening to kidnap man if he fails to pay N5m ransom in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Musa Buba over alleged prison intimidation and kidnapping try.

The spokesperson for the command, Nafiu Habib, who disclosed this in an announcement on Monday, October 12, 2026 mentioned the suspect had referred to as one Idris utilizing a GSM quantity and demanded a ransom of N5m with a menace to kidnap him if he fails to pay the quantity.

“On 12th October, 2026, operatives attached to Bununu Division, led by the DPO, acted on actionable intelligence and diligently tracked and arrested one Musa Buba ‘M’ 25 years old of Dull Village, for criminal intimidation and attempt to commit kidnapping,” the statement read.

“The suspect had referred to as one Idris (different names withheld) ‘M’ of Kururuwa Village through Dull, through GSM No. 09038****95, threatened him and demanded the sum of Five Million Naira (N5,000,000:00) as ransom, with a menace to kidnap him to an unknown vacation spot ought to he fail to conform.

“During interrogation, the suspect voluntarily confessed to the commission of the crime and the SIM card used for the ransom negotiation was recovered as exhibit.”