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Niger demolishes kidnapper’s apartments

The Niger State Government has demolished the residence of a notorious kidnapper who confessed to having built the house with the proceedings of his crimes.

The house, which is a two-bedroom flat with another uncompleted two-bedroom extension and located in the Nkangbe community of Bosso Local Government Area of the state, was demolished on Friday night.

Speaking to newsmen before the demolition, the state Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Internal Security, Honorable Emmanuel Umar said that the gesture would serve as a deterrent to other criminals that the state government would give no place to criminals to live in the state.

Umar, who refused to delve into the operational details of who the kidnapper was, how he was caught and how he operated, said that the building was owned by a kidnapper who had been arrested and confessed that he used part of the proceeds of the crime to buy the building.

He said that it is part of the policy of the government bit to allow any criminal to have a place in the state adding that if they do not leave peacefully, the law will catch up with them and they will leave by force.

“This is a building owned by a kidnapper that has been arrested. It is a proceed of crime and it is in our policy not to allow any criminality to reign in this state. We can establish this and that henceforth, we will not allow any criminal to have a place in our land. It is part of the determination of the Governor to ensure Niger State is safe for us all,” he said.

The Commissioner commended the law enforcement agencies for their resolute in fishing out every criminal elements in the state adding that they have helped the state government to bring down the spate of crime.

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