Four suspected kidnappers and armed robbers have been arrested with two human skulls in the Oguma area of Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP William Aya, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday.
Aya said the suspects, who had been terrorising Bassa Local Government Area and its environs, were arrested following credible intelligence report that they were sighted in a compound at New Jerusalem, in the Oguma area, Bassa.
He said operatives of the command attached to the Bassa division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, stormed the compound and arrested the suspects: Guda Dangana, Dogo Chure, Dekina Zhiya and Samson Nyizo, all from the Bassa LGA.
“Items recovered from them included one locally-made pistol, one 7.62mm ammunition, one cartridge, one G3 ammunition and two human skulls,” Aya added.
He explained that the suspects made confession statement on their criminal activities in the area and would be arraigned at the end of police investigation.