The Nigeria Police has paraded 59 notorious kidnapping, armed robbery and cattle rustling gangs at the Ibrahim Coomassie Divisional Police Headquarters, Gurara Local Government, Gawu Babangida, Niger State.
Speaking at the a press briefing on Thursday at Niger State, the Force Public Relations Officer, Ag DCP Jimoh Moshood, he said that on 24th November, 2018, the IGP Special Strike Force on violent crimes attached to Operation Absolute Sanity in Gawu Babangida, Niger State led by DCP Yusuf Kolo, working on actionable intelligence in a follow up of a case of Criminal Conspiracy, Armed Robbery and Kidnapping of the Vice Chairman of Abaji Area Council and four others along Suleja-Minna Road, Niger State, trailed and arrested the suspects in their hideout at Tunga Maje Forest along Zuba-Gwagwalada Road, Abuja, where the syndicate plan their operations and keep hostage of their kidnap victims.
The Police spokesperson further said that the suspects on sighting the Police Team opened fire and engage in a serious gun battle with the Police Team that lasted for over an hour. The superior gun power of the Police Team led to the death of three of the vicious and notorious kidnapping/armed robbery gang members and the arrest of Seven other members.
He stated that Seven AK47 Rifles and One Hundred and Eighteen Rounds of Live Ammunition were recovered from their possessions and Four victims rescued from their captivity
"The suspects arrested have confessed and admitted to be responsible for the kidnap of the Vice Chairman of Abaji Area Council and Four (4) others. They have also revealed their various criminal roles in the armed robbery/kidnap operations and murder of the Vice Chairman of Abaji Area council who was one of their victims in the kidnap operation, DCP Jimoh said.
"The suspects arrested have confessed and admitted to be responsible for the kidnap of the Vice Chairman of Abaji Area Council and Four (4) others. They have also revealed their various criminal roles in the armed robbery/kidnap operations and murder of the Vice Chairman of Abaji Area council who was one of their victims in the kidnap operation, DCP Jimoh said.
"Consequent on recent complaints and reported cases of armed robbery/kidnapping, armed banditry, cattle rustling and other violent crimes in some parts of Nasarawa, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto States, the IGP Special Strike Force on Violent Crimes attached to Operation Absolute Sanity, under DCP Kolo Yusuf, working on actionable intelligence further and relentlessly embarked on raids of criminal hideouts, identified kidnappers den and follow up on cases in its effort to continue to actualize its mandate to rid the country of unscrupulous elements, vicious and notorious criminals. These operations led to the arrest of the above mention Fifty-Two criminal suspects.
He stated that the suspects have confessed and made useful statements to the Police Investigation Team on their various criminal roles in the recent incidents of kidnapping/armed robbery and other violent crimes in the mentioned States and the above listed exhibits recovered from their possessions. Some of these suspects arrested have also been on the watch list of the Police for quite some time now.
"The operation is on-going and more efforts are being intensified to arrest other members of the gangs to bring them to justice. All suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.
Exhibits recovered from them includes: Eight AK47 Rifles, One G3 Rifle, Two Single Barrel Gun, One Dane Gun, One Revolver Pistol, One Hundred and Forty Five Ammunition, Five Live Cartridges, Sixteen Swords, Three Operational Vehicles of the gangs, Two Bajaj Motorcycle and Charms among others.
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