Crime
Nigeria Police Force on Thursday, November 29, put on parade 59 suspects involving in criminal activities such as kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling and other violent crimes in Abuja, Nasarawa, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto states
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday, November 29, paraded 59 suspects for their alleged involvement in kidnapping, armed robbery, cattle rustling and other violent crimes.
The Police alleged that seven of the suspects paraded were responsible for the kidnap of the vice chairman of the Abaji Area Council and four others along Suleja-Minna Road in Niger State. They were also responsible for the killing of the vice chairman of the Abaji Council.
The suspects include the 60 year old gang leader who is also the armourer of the gang; Bello Alhaji Lawal, Sadiq Danladi, Abubakar Mohammed, Abubakar Usman, Abdullahi Idris, Abubakar Suleiman, and Ibrahim Babangida.
Items recovered from them include Seven AK47 rifles, 118 rounds of ammunition, nine mobile phones, four pairs of suspected fake military camouflage uniforms and charms.
The Police said the suspects were trailed and arrested 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 made the disclosure in a statement signed by Jimoh Moshood, an acting deputy commissioner of Police and the Force spokesman, in Abuja on Thursday, November 29.
The Police said four victims were rescued from their captivity adding that the suspects have confessed and admitted to be responsible for the kidnap of the vice chairman of Abaji Area Council and the four victims.
“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,” the statement said.
The Force said effort has been intensified to arrest other members of the gang indicted in the confessional statements of the arrested suspects adding that they will all be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.
The other 52 suspects are said to belong to three gangs who operate in Nasarawa, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto states were also paraded by the Police. One of the suspects, Abdra’uf Yusuf is from Libya and he is said to be a trained guerrilla fighter.
The Police also recovered from them eight AK47 rifles, one G3 rifle, two single barrel gun; one dane gun; one revolver pistol, 145 ammunition, five live cartridges, 16 swords, three operational vehicles of the gangs, two Bajaj motorcycle and charms.
The suspects in the first gang are; Abdulra’uf Yusuf, 45, – the gang leader, a Libya trained guerrilla fighter; Bashiru Aminu, 30, who buys and supply firearms and ammunition to armed bandits and other members of the group; Aliyu Saidu, 33; Musa Adamu, 35; Isah Haruna, 55.
Others are Abdullahi Haruna, 56; Mohammed Tukur, 25; Abdullahi Buhari, Aliyu Abudullahi 29; Tukur Hassan, 26; Mande Aleri, 30 and Sani Ali, 21.
The rest are Shehu Umar 30; Ibrahim Garba, 21; Mohammed Sani, 30; Mohhamed Bello, 35; Sule Dambule 48; Ahmadu Buba, 27; Mohammed Baude, 63; Abubakar Umar, 52; Abubakar Turai, 66; Abubakar Sala, 37; Ibrahim Mohammed, 31; Abubakar Mande, 20; Abubakar Hussaini, 60; Usman Hassan, 65; Shehu Abubakar, 70; Usman Umar, 18 and Yahaya Lawal, 55.
Suspects in the second gang include; Isiyaku Samaila, 37; Mohammed Rilwanu, 40; Usman Sani, 35; Mohammed Shuaibu, 49; Rabiu Tukur, 30; Surajo Suleiman, 45; Abdullahi Ya’u, 30; Abdullahi Ibrahim, 58; Abubakar Ahmed, 42; Musa Abdullahi, 48; Isah Waziri 35; Shuaibu Ibrahim, 25; Shuaibu Usman, 18; Faisal Surajo 18; Kamalu Abdulmumini, 30 and Ibrahim Musa, 28.
Members of the third gang are; Abdulkarim Adamu, 27; Sani Alh Lawal 20; Umar Garba, 22; Hussaini Mamman 25; Sani Umar, 23; Musa Ibrahim, 28 and Umar Kiruwa, 30.
Moshood 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, working on actionable intelligence further expanded its operations 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 52 criminal suspects.
“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 Force said the operation is on-going and more efforts are being intensified to arrest and bring other members of the gang them to justice.
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