Hamisu Bala Wadume, left
Hamisu Bala Wadume, the alleged kidnap kingpin at the centre of a row between the army and the Nigerian Police was a petty fish trader and then suddenly he became rich, so much so that he wanted to become a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly in the March elections.
In a pen portrait of Wadume, published by The Nation on Tuesday, Wadume was also an occasional house painter, a polygamist and as money rolled in, he also became a Robin Hood philanthropist.
His philanthropy and generosity is about two years old and if the graft and security agencies have been alive to their duties, they ought to have raised a flag as to where the money was coming from.
That did not happen until last week, when the police arrested him and then lost him after soldiers of the 93 Battalion in Takum attacked their vehicle with a volley of gunfire, killing 3 undercover operatives and setting Wadume free.
The Defence Headquarters, probing the shooting has now ordered the army to produce Wadume.
No one knows Wadume, until 2 years ago, The Nation reported.
“He was reclusive until the last two years. His wealth, allegedly through kidnapping shot him into ‘prominence’”, the paper said..
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