The Nigeria Police has arrested and
commenced investigation of one Dr. Kasim Abdulganiyu for giving false
information, telling falsehood and misleading Police to execute search warrant
in the house of Ambassador Ibrahim Zakari, former DG, National Intelligence
Agency (NIA) in Kaduna, Kaduna State.
While addressing the media on Sunday, 21st October, 2018, the Force Public
Relations Officer, DCP Jimoh Moshood, he said that the Informant (suspect)
informed and made voluntary statement to the Police on 20th August,
2018 that firearms and ammunition were stocked in the house of One Ibrahim
Zakari and five (5) others on Sultan Road, Malali Area, Kaduna, Kaduna State
before the Police team obtained and executed a valid search warrant in the
house on the 28th August, 2018 and nothing incriminating was
found. The search was witnessed by the security guards and no relatives of the
owner of the house or any other person apart from the security guards were
living in the house as at the time the search was conducted.
He also reiterated that the
Police Team also had no knowledge that the house belong to Ambassador Ibrahim
Zakari, former DG NIA before the search warrant was executed.
The Police spokesperson said that
notwithstanding, any personality, the provisions of the law empowers the
Nigeria Police Force with statutory rights to execute a duly obtained search
warrant in any dwelling house, premises or location where it has actionable
intelligence or information that incriminating items or exhibits used to commit
crime or about to be used for criminality with the aims of recovering them to
prevent the commission of such crime or to detect the crime that have been
committed are recovered for investigation and prosecution.
“However, the Informant, Dr.
Kasim Abdulganiyu of No. 21 Colorado Crescent, Ministers Hills, Abuja will
be arraigned in court for giving false information and telling falsehood to
mislead police action without further delay, the statement concluded.
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