Four AK47 rifles were reportedly recovered from the suspect’s backyard.
Sources said the suspect had been instrumental in kidnap cases in his area.
Three other members of his group were also apprehended by the security operatives following a tip-off.
Security men reportedly stormed the suspect’s house on Tuesday and took him away.
“Sometimes, he collected as low as N1.5m to N2m to free victims. Those AK-47 rifles were hidden in a thick banana plantation at the back of his house. Our people are being kidnapped almost on a daily basis without knowing that our vigilante leader was behind it,”the source said
Police spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu said he had not received a report on the arrest, but he added that security operatives had been on the trail of criminal elements in the state for some time.
