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Soldiers helped me to escape Police arrest — Kidnapper, Wadume confesses in Video

Saddam Yusuf Saleh
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Published: August 20, 2019
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Notorious kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, has confessed that soldiers helped him to escape Police arrest in Taraba state.

Wadume, who was re-arrested by the Police, disclosed this in a video obtained by Okay.ng on Tuesday.

He narrated:

“My name is Hamisu Bala, popularly known as wandume. I was the one arrested by the Nigerian police force, as they were taking me away, the soldiers chased after us while shooting, in the process some police lost their lives.

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“They (soldiers) took me to their base where my handcuffs were removed and I escaped.

“Since then I have been hiding, and not until now that I was rearrested by the police and taken to custody.”

Watch the video underneath:

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