Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have arrested two suspected bandits’ informants who allegedly conspired and set their friend up for abduction.
This was made known by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Sadiq Abubakar, in a statement he issued to newsmen on Saturday.
The suspects include Mohammed Bello, alias Dan Ali, of Sabon Gari, Ikara Local Government Area, Kaduna State, and Abubakar Mohammed of Kumbotso LGA, Kano.
Part of the statement made available to newsmen by Sadiq reads, “On July 12, 2023, the duo criminally conspired, deceived, and lured their friend, Salmanu, to a point between Funtua and Zamfara State, where they planned with one notorious bandit leader, Gotta, hibernating in Zamfara forest, who kidnapped the victim.
“In the course of the investigation, the duo were traced and arrested in connection with the offence, and they have since confessed to the commission of the offence.”
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In addition, police operatives in Katsina said they recovered one stolen Jin Cheng motorcycle from a suspected motorcycle thief, Sadiq Abdullahi, 22, of Rafin Dadi Quarters in Katsina, the state capital.
According to Sadiq, nemesis caught up with the suspect when he was accosted by men of the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit on routine patrol along Katsina-Jibia Road while he was in possession of a white Jing Cheng motorcycle. When interrogated, the suspect confessed to having stolen the motorcycle from Ahmad Lawal Babaye of Gafai Quarters, Katsina.
According to the police image maker, the suspect is a notorious criminal that has been on the command’s watchlist.
The suspect also indicted Surajo Sani, a resident of Magamar, Jibia LGA, as the receiver of his stolen items. He mentioned Sani Abba, alias Uban Shegu, of Kofar Yandaka Quarters, Katsina, and Hamisu Mamman as his abettors.
The investigation is ongoing, ASP Sadiq said.