How 79-year-old helped kidnappers on Abuja-Kaduna highway
By OakTV
13 January 2018 |
12:00 pm
Police paraded a kidnap gang at Jere, Kaduna state on Monday, January 8, 2018. The gang had a 79-year-old who supplied arms to the kidnappers for a fee.
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