Troops from 93 Battalion under 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army have arrested one Janet Igohia, wife of a notorious kidnapper in Taraba State.
According to spokesperson of the 6 Bridage, Lieutenant Oni Olubodunde, she was arrested while trying to pick up a ransom paid by relatives of an abducted victim in Taraba State.
The Brigade spokesperson noted that she was arrested after picking up the sum of N1.5 million, being ransom payment for an abducted victim at Chanchangi area in Takum local government of the state.
Igohia, he said, revealed that she was married to Voryor Gata, a notorious criminal and former second-in-command to the late Gana Terwase, a neutralised militia leader in the neighbouring Benue State.
“She is currently married to the leader of a violent extremist group in southern Taraba,” the army spokesperson said.
“According to her, she had previously been married to high profile criminals such as late Terkibi Gemaga aka Mopol, a notorious kidnapper who was killed by troops five years ago.
“She revealed that she also got married to late Gana Terwase, another notorious criminal who was killed during a joint special force operation three years ago,” he added.
