Police Public Relations Officer ASP Sadiq Abubakar disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Sadiq identified the suspects as Mohammed Bello, alias Dan Ali, of Sabon Gari, Ikara LGA, Kaduna State, and Abubakar Mohammed of Kumbotso LGA, Kano.

Part of the statement made available to newsmen by Sadiq reads: “On July 12, 2023, the duo criminally conspired, deceived, and lured their friend, Salmanu, to a point between Funtua and Zamfara State, where they planned with one notorious bandit leader, Gotta, hibernating in Zamfara forest, who kidnapped the victim.

“In the course of the investigation, the duo were traced and arrested in connection with the offence, and they have since confessed to the commission of the offence.”