The Nigeria Police said that Peace and normalcy have been
restored throughout Kaduna State, most especially at Kasuwar Magani Town and
other part of Kaduna South.
While addressing the media in Abuja on Monday, the Force
Public Relations Officer, DCP Jimoh Moshood said that a total number of Ninety
Three Suspects were arrested in connection with the multiple killings and
wanton destruction of private and public properties worth millions of Naira in
the State. Forty Three Suspects are currently being prosecuted while fifty
suspects in Police custody are under investigation and will be arraigned in
court soon. Investigation is being intensified to arrest other suspects still
at large. The Police spokesperson said that the Police in the State in
collaboration with other security and safety agencies will continue the
confidence building patrols throughout the State and sustain the normalcy that
have been restored.
“The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris has
directed Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 7 Headquarters to meet
with all the stakeholders in the State to give peace a chance and sustain the normalcy
that have been restored, DCP Moshood said.
Also, the Police paraded ten suspects for Kidnapping, Armed
Robbery and Criminal Conspiracy responsible for the kidnap of Abdulhazeez
Abdulbazir Basir in Funtua, Katsina State.
“On the 12th of August, 2018, the following suspects: Hussaini
Abdullahi– Gang Leader, Ibrahim Umar,
Abubakar Idris, Samaila Abdullahi, Saidu Ibrahim, Halidu Ibrahim, Shaibu
Maikudi, Ibrahim Alhasan, Mohammed Adamu and Shehu Lawal invaded the house of
one Abdulbasir Abubakar Jargaba in Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina
State and robbed him of valuables. The suspects further kidnapped the Eight
years old Son (Abdulhazeez Abdulbazir Basir) of Alh. Abdulbasir Abubakar
Jargaba to their hideout, held him in their captivity for Eleven days and released
after collection of ransom.
DCP Moshood said that consequent on the above, the Inspector
General of Police directed the IGP Monitoring Unit Strike Force to investigate
the matter and bring perpetrators to justice.
“The operatives of the IGP Special Strike Force on Violent crimes
working on actionable intelligence, trailed the suspects to their hideout in
Birnin Gwari Forest off Sabowa Road, Katsina, Katsina State and arrested the
above mentioned vicious and notorious kidnapping/armed robbery suspects after a
fierce gun battle between the Police operatives and the criminal
syndicate.
He further said that Five AK47 Rifles, One Locally Made Pump
Action Rifle and One Hundred and Five AK47 Ammunition were recovered from their
possession.
“The suspects have confessed and admitted to their various
criminal roles in the commission of the crime. They have also confessed to be
responsible for the recent cases of kidnapping and armed robbery in Katsina
State and its environs.
Also two suspects were arrested for Kidnapping, Armed Robbery
and Criminal Conspiracy Terrorizing innocent road users and travellers along Kaduna-Abuja
And Kaduna – Niger Highways
DCP Moshood reiterated that following complaints of
kidnapping and armed robbery along the Kaduna – Abuja and Kaduna – Niger
highways and attack on residents, travellers and other road users along the
highway, the IGP Special Strike Force on violent crimes carried out raids of
identified criminal hideouts and kidnappers den in the Forest within Niger,
Kaduna and FCT, arrested the two suspects namely Lawali Abubakar (An Ex-
Convict, having served jailed term for Four years for offence of Criminal
Conspiracy, Armed Robbery, Kidnapping and culpable Homicide) and Adamu Dahiru in
their hideout at Madaro Forest, off Birnin Gwari Road, Kaduna State. Two of
their victims were rescued in the operation. Effort is being intensified to
arrest other members of the gang still at large.
Following reports from the Cross River State Police command
on a case of stolen vehicle (Toyota Camry 2006 Model, Gold Colour) on 13th
September, 2018, the operatives of the IGP Special Strike Force on violent
crimes while on stop and search operations along uguwan Sarki in Kaduna North,
Kaduna State arrested the following suspects: Abdulsalam
Adamu, Ali Isa, Abubakar Usman and Hamisu Abdulahi in the act of selling the
said vehicle.
Adamu Usman and Musa Jafaru were also arrested on the 4th of
October, 2018 at Kura along Zaria – Kaduna Express Road in the process of
receiving a robbed Honda Civic (unregistered). They have confessed to the
Police investigators to be members of car snatching syndicate and other
trans-border crimes.
“Investigations into all the cases are being concluded and
all suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of investigation, the
statement concluded.
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