By John Shiklam in Kaduna
The police have arrested one Abdur-Rahman Ahmadu in connection with the abduction of the Board Chairman of the Universal Basic Commission (UBEC), Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud, and his daughter, Yesmin, on Monday.
This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday evening by Yakubu Sabo, the spokesman of the Kaduna state police command.
Mahmoud and his daughter who were released from captivity at about noon on Tuesday, were abducted on Monday alongside scores of travellers by armed bandits along the Kaduna- Abuja road.
The statement said the suspect was undergoing interrogation in police custody while efforts were on course to apprehend the remaining fleeing suspects.
Yakubu also confirmed the release of the UBEC Board Chairman and his daughter, saying that their release came following a pressurised combing by the police operatives deployed to rescue them and that they were released unhurt.
According to the statement, their…
