 Troops of the 23 Ahmad Brigade, Yola have arrested a kidnap in Kingpin, Salihu Ibrahim and 24 other suspects are preyting within the northern and southern parts of the country. Addressing the press conference in Yola, Brigadier General Mohammed Jibrein Gamble explained that the suspected Kingpin has been on the force watch list for the past three years, adding that the suspect has been identified as the mastermind behind most of the kidnappings in the area and even in the southern parts of the country. The submachine gun, a submachine gun with five rounds of 9mm ammunition and a barrister pistol were recovered. Millions of Mayra paid as ransom by the victims of abductors were also recovered during the raid. I have maintained an offensive posture, conducting several kinetic operations in the forms of raid operations on criminal hideouts, rescue operations, calling on search, stop and search as well as patrols among others. This has led to several operational successes, such as the arrest of 22 syndicates of kidnappers, some with AK for several rifles, others with locally made weapons, while some good number of them with cash amount ranging to millions of Mayra, with the collector from their victims as ransom. A kidnapping Kingpin named Salihu Ibrahim was arrested with a submachine gun with five rounds of 9mm ammunition and a barrister pistol following a raid operation at Mayra.