The Bauchi state Police Command has said that it arrested 72 suspected armed robbery and kidnap suspects as well as those involved in other heinous crimes in the state within the month of October.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Habu Sani, who disclosed this while parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Bauchi at the weekend, said the arrests is part of the proactive measures in the ongoing fight against crime and criminality in the state.
“Under the special operation code named ‘Operation Puff Adder’, the Bauchi state Police Command has successfully arrested 72 suspects in connection with armed robbery, kidnapping and other heinous crimes in the state from October to date,” the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Kamal Abubakar said.
Kamal, who paraded the suspects on behalf of the commissioner said they include two high profile armed robbery/homicide suspects, identified as Nazifi Yakubu of Yakubu Wanka area in Bauchi and Ibrahim Yusuf of Rariya quarters.
According to him, other gang members are Nura Mohd, Usman Ahmadu, Umar Ismail ‘and Yusuf Adamu, all of Bauchi metropolis.
Out of the 72 arrested suspects, Kamal disclosed that 57 of them have been charged to court while 15 others are still under investigation.
He said the suspects confessed to have been involved in the armed robbery attacks on residents Gida Dubu, Fadaman Mada, GRA, Waterboard Quarters, Turum , Madina Quarters and Bakaro among others within Bauchi metropolis.
He added that “the suspects also confessed to have killed one Usman Mohammed in the month of April along Zaranda Hotel Road,” disclosing that some of the victims have identified the suspects as being responsible for the attacks on them.
Also, the police spokesman stated that some kidnap suspects terrorising Mansur Gwana and Gwaram areas of Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state were also arrested.
According to him, the suspects were involved in the kidnapping of one Alhaji Kawun Kawu, and his son, Hamisu Kawu, on August 30, and collected a ransom of N1.5 million.
He said that the police also arrested a kidnap gang terrorizing Toro Local Government Area that kidnapped one Fatima Adamu on October 15.
Other suspects arrested, Kamal said include those involved in criminal conspiracy, theft, receiving stolen property, thuggery and being in possession of dangerous weapons.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects include 10 assorted firearms, five cartridges, 20 machetes, two vehicles and two motorcycles.
Others he said are one camera, one camera tripod, one mobile handset, two native caps and a forged identity card of a musical and film production studio in Kano.
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