The Zamfara State police command has assured that it would fight insecurity in the state inline with inspector General of Police mandate.
The Commissioner gave the assurance through the Police Public Relations Officer; SP Mohammed Shehu while parading nine suspects arrested by the Police Tactical Operatives during an intelligence led operations conducted in some criminal hideouts in the State.
Kolo Yusuf said the effort has been yealding positive result as according to him, the police command has arrested eight bandits informants, repelled bandits attacks, recovered four rifles, 250 rounds of Ak 47 live ammunition, nine rustled cows and a truck conveying drugs and food stuff meant for bandits operating in Dangulbi- Magami general area.
The commissioner said, “In its continuous onslaught against activities of criminal elements in the State, the Zamfara State Police Command my watch has reiterated the determination of the officers and men of the Command to keep on doing their possible best in line with the mission and vision of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba psc+, NPM, fdc, to end the lingering insecurity bedeviling Zamfara State for over a decade”.
The following are the list of suspects arrested and exhibits recovered for the information of the general public;
Arrest of two informants who with bandits that operate in Munhaye forest of Tsafe Local Government Area namely Huwa,u Usman and Aliyu Aliyu Mahmuda.
He said, “On 6th October, 2022, Police Tactical Operatives acted on intelligence information and arrested the above named suspects who were allegedly collaborating with notorious bandits from Munhaye forest in Tsafe LGA”.
“One of the suspects, Hauwa’u Usman, a female residing in Gusau confessed that Ali and Hamza are her younger brothers and are among the bandits who based in Munhaye forest terrorizing communities of Tsafe and neighbouring Katsina State”.
“Intelligence information about her revealed that she has been an informant to her two younger brothers (Bandits) in the bush”.
Even though, she denied fraternizing with them, but she indicted the second suspect Aliyu Mamuda to be the supplier of drugs, food stuff, operational motorcycles for banditry and hiring labourers for the bandits to go and farm their farmlands in the bush”.
Arrest of two suspects in connection with criminal conspiracy and intimidation to kidnap.
The suspects are Mubarak Yusuf of Unguwar Mangoro Birnin Ruwa Gusau and Ibrahim Rabi,u, while the third person Aliyu Buzu was at large.
According to the Commissioner, On 7th October, 2022, Police Tactical Operatives attached to CP’s Monitoring Unit State headquarters acted on intelligence information and arrested the above named suspects.
The commissioner stressed that one of the suspects Mubarak Yusuf confessed to have connived with his gang members Ibrahim Rabi’u and Aliyu Buzu now at large, called his uncle, his neighbor and intimidated them to either give them the sum of N5m and N4m or risk kidnap.
The second suspect Ibrahim Rabi’u also confessed to the crime and further stated that, apart from engaging in this crime, he also specializes in fraudulent act where he severally called innocent people and claimed to be a spirit that makes people to be rich, and collected money on three different occasions in the name making them rich. SUSPECTS FOR BEING IN POSSESSION OF NINE RUSTLED COWS ALONG MAGAMI – WANKE ROAD:
CP Kolo also stated that two suspects were arrested for being in possession of nine rustled cows along Magami-Wanke road.
They Musa Umar of Bini in Maru LGA and Idris Yaro of the same address.
He said,”On 10th October, 2022 Police Detectives attached to Anti Violence Section Zamfara State Command while on patrol along Gusau – Wanke, road acted on intelligence information and arrested the above named suspects while conveying nine rustled cows in a truck”.
“In the course of interrogation, the suspects could not give satisfactory account of the cows; or presented documents that will legitimize their ownership of the cows. Discreet investigation is in progress”.
In a related development, the state police command was able to repell banditry attacks on some communities in Tsafe, Bukkuyum and Shinkafi communities where arms and other dangerous weapons were recovered.
Kolo said, “Police Tactical Operatives of the Command while on rigorous patrol in some trouble locations in Tsafe, Bukkuyum and Shinkafi LGAs received series of distress calls from communities on plan by bandits to attack their villages. In response to the distress calls, the operatives succeeded in repelling most of the planed attacks where serious exchange of fire between the bandits and the Police operatives ensued, forcing the bandits to flee with possible gunshot wounds sustained”.
In the course of search at the scene, some arms and other exhibits belonging to the bandits were recovered.
He however explained that normalcy had since been restored in the areas, while confidence building patrol is being sustained.
Similarly, five gunrunners and food suppliers to bandits were arrested.
These included Abdullahi Sani of Gidan Garba who was arrested with 250 rounds of AK 47 live ammunition.
CP said, “On 6th October, 2022 Police Detective of the Command while on patrol along Gusau – Wanke road intercepted the above named suspect in possession of the above exhibits”.
“The suspect confessed to have been sent by a notorious bandits called Ladan with sum of One Million One hundred and ninety Thousand Naira (N1,190,000) to be delivered to the arms supplier who were to hand over consignment to him to deliver to the bandit leader, before nemesis caught up with him and arrested by the Police”.
Another sucpect Salisu Adamu Dangulbi was arrested for alleged aiding of banditry activities around Magami-Dangulbi road in Maru local government.
Hard drugs recovered from him included Penta injection, tabs, chloroquine injections, exzol tablets cartoons of bear food stuffs and two sacks of clothes.
According to the Commissioner, on 9th October, 2022 Police Detective of the Command in collaboration with vigilante acted on intelligence information that, a truck driven by the above named suspect was loaded with the above mentioned exhibits on transit from Kano to Dangulbi area to supply the above exhibits to the bandits operating in the bush.
The driver was arrested with the exhibits and now undergoing discreet investigation with a view to arresting his partners in crime.
