The Kano State Police Command mentioned 873 suspects had been arrested for taking the benefit of the ten days of nationwide protests to commit numerous sorts of crimes and violating curfew imposed by the state authorities.
Addressing newsmen in Kano on Monday, the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Dogo, gave the breakdown of the crimes allegedly dedicated by the suspects to incorporate armed theft, kidnapping, drug peddling, vandalisation and human trafficking.
He additionally displayed displays comprising firearms, money, baggage of Indian hemp and stolen automobiles as objects recovered from the suspects.
CP Dogo additional introduced that about 76 suspects arrested for elevating Russian flags throughout the protest have since been transferred to the Police Pressure Headquarters in Abuja for investigations.
Giving the breakdown of the arrests, the CP mentioned a complete of 600 suspects had been apprehended for numerous offences, together with felony conspiracy, inciting disturbance, riot, theft, mischief and arson.
Equally, 150 others had been arrested and being prosecuted for violating the curfew enforced by the Kano State Authorities throughout the protests.
In the identical vein, six suspects linked with masterminding the destruction, setting ablaze and looting of the Kano Printing Press (KPP) had been arrested and present process investigation.
He added that the Command additionally arrested 76 suspects flying Russian flags, together with a foreigner, who’ve been transferred to the Pressure Headquarters in Abuja for discreet investigation on costs of sedition.
“Forty one suspects had been arrested for different main crimes, together with armed theft, kidnapping, automotive theft, whereas two (2) AK-47 weapons had been recovered as displays,” CP Dogo mentioned.
The Kano Police chief added that substantial properties looted by the hoodlums at Audu Bako Secretariat, NCC Workplace, Excessive Courtroom Complexes, Kano Printing Press (KPP) and supermarkets had been additionally recovered.
