503 suspects who were arrested for various crimes within the past two months in the state have been paraded by the Kaduna State Police Command.
Nigeriacrime.com gathered that the suspects were arrested for Armed Banditry, Armed Robbery, Handsets/handbags snatching, Cattle Rustling, Culpable Homicide, Rape, Shop Breaking, Theft, Vandalization of Rail tracks and other related crimes. During investigation.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Muhammed Jalige said the arrests were made between May and June in 2023.
According to Jalige, “In its determination to ensure lasting peace and security of lives and properties of the good people of Kaduna State. You will agree with me that the need to create an enabling environment for business and farming activities to succeed in Kaduna State and the country at large cannot be overemphasized. ”
“The noticeable peace and tranquillity currently enjoyed in the state is a pointer to the fact that the Command is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to protect the lives and properties of the good people of Kaduna State. As we speak, a lot of security majors are been initiated and strategized systematically to achieve better results and ensure that the fight against criminals and criminalities in the state is tangibly achieved. It is against this background that the Command re-emphasised the need for members of the public to eschew violence of any kind and to promptly report to the Command identified cases of all forms of criminalities within their domains without shielding anyone for whatever reason for possible arrest and prosecution without which the good effort of the command highlighted above will be frustrated. ”
” Within the last few weeks, in its onerous task of securing the lives and properties of law-abiding citizens of Kaduna State, has succeeded in arresting Five Hundred and three (503) suspects for various crimes which include; Armed Banditry, Armed Robbery, Handsets/handbags snatching, Cattle Rustling, Culpable Homicide, Rape, Shop Breaking, Theft, Vandalization of Rail tracks and other related crimes. During investigation, many recoveries were made which include; Four (4) AK47 Rifles, Three (3) Revolver Pistols, Two (2) Pump Action guns, Two Thousand Eight hundred (2,800) Railway slippers, Nine (9) Motor- Vehicles of different brands, Two (2) Tricycles, Two Hundred and nine (209) Rounds of AK47 Live Ammunition, One Hundred and Twenty-Nine (129) Rustle cattle, Eight (8) Sheep, Two bags (2) of Dry leaves ”
He said on the 15th June, 2023 at about 9: PM, a Police patrol team in conjunction with Civilian JTF while on patrol at Rigasa, arrested the aforementioned suspects in an uncompleted building located at Rigasa Black spot smoking Marijuana, when search two sharp scissors were found in their possession suspecting them to be among a gang of criminals.
“On the 30th March,2023 at about 2:28 PM Ismail Mohammed of Maijere Village Saminaka came to the Divisional Police Headquarters Saminaka and reported that on the 4th March 2023 at about 1000 hours. the suspect Ibrahim Isa alias Yellow conspired with One Mai-kunu now at large, kidnapped his brother Kabiru Mohammed of the same address, took him to an unknown destination and demanded Five Million Naira (N5,000,000) ransom, that after collecting the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira (N120,000) from the family they went ahead and killed the victim.”
“On the 10th June, 2023 at about 11 pm Bara’atu Muazu of Turaki Road Rigasa went to the Divisional Police Headquarters and reported that on 17th April 2023, the above-mentioned suspects Abducted her daughter by name Sa’adatu Tahir 18 years old and Firdausi Suleiman 13 years old into his room for more than 21 days and have carnal knowledge with the said victim.”
“On 12th June 2023 at about 1:30 pm Dr Rakiya Yusuf Sagir reported that on the 10th June 2023 at about 7:15 pm She went to Jaiz bank located at Ali Akilu Road Kaduna to transact on her account using their Automated Teller Machine (ATM) where someone unknown to her dishonestly collected her Debit card linked to Her Jaiz bank Account No. 0011927466 to assist her but instead intentionally swapped Debit Card and escaped.”
“After a few minutes, she received a Debit alert of Two Hundred and Two Thousand Naira (N202,000.00k) twice making a total sum of Four Hundred and Four Thousand Naira (N404,000.00k). During the investigation, Operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau, Kaduna State Command arrested (1) Paul Agu Daniel (2) Mike Ogah both males of various addresses in Kaduna State and they voluntarily confess to the offence,” he said.