Photo Of Meet Balarabe Tijani, Who Ordered Killing Of Three IRT Policemen In Taraba State

Army captain, Balarabe Tijani, has been identified as the military officer who set the notorious kidnapper, Hamisu Bala Wadume free.

The Commanding Officer of 93 Battalion Ibi, Taraba State, Captain Tijani, reportedly employed the services of a welder in the community to destroy the hand and leg cuffs on arrested kidnap kingpin, Wadume, before setting him free.

More revelations have emerged regarding how the police officers from the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team were killed by soldiers in Taraba State on August 6.

This is just as we gathered authoritatively of how the Commanding Officer of 93 Battalion Ibi, Captain Balarabe Tijani, employed the services of a welder in the community to destroy the hand and leg cuffs on Hamisu Bala Wadume, before setting him free.

Wadume was rearrested on Monday in Kano State by IRT operatives, led by their Head, Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari.

According to available information, Captain Tijani and Wadume exchanged over 191 telephone calls and messages in less than one month before his initial arrest by the IRT.

Wadume also allegedly bought a car for Tijani.

Wadume was said to have in one operation received N120 million as ransom payment.