A complete of 1,284 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police for his or her alleged involvement in armed theft, kidnapping, murder, rape and defilement, in addition to cultism within the final six weeks.
The police additionally paraded 35 of the suspects apprehended for varied offences, with one AK-49 rifle alongside its journal, sledgehammer, automobile jack, two chisel, small hammer, and one Hiace bus as reveals.
Power Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this whereas parading among the suspects in Abuja on Friday.
“Within the final six weeks, the Nigeria Police Power has arrested 307 armed theft suspects, 296 kidnapping suspects, 301 murder suspects, 176 rape/defilement suspects, and 204 suspected cultists, recovered 284 firearms, 6702 ammunition of assorted calibres, 107 automobiles and rescued 97 victims.
“In the present day, we will likely be presenting a complete variety of 35 suspects apprehended for varied offences, one AK-49 rifle with journal, sledge hammer, automobile jack, two chisel, small hammer, and one Hiace Bus.
“Related operations to mop up unlawful arms and ammunition in circulation within the nation, led to the restoration of 4 AK- 47 rifles, 5 magazines and 107 rounds of dwell ammunition of assorted caliber throughout their operations,” Adejobi stated.
He gave the names of among the suspects paraded as Suleiman Mohammed, Jerry Irimiya, Abubakar Salisu, Adam Mohammed, Zaidu Inusa, Abdulateef Abdulganiyu, Nankap Nimsak, Zaharadeen Abdulkarim and Nuhu Hassan.
Others are Musa Mohammed, Muntari Kabir, Lawal Yusuf, Ali Abdulrahman, Zakari Saidu, Mustapha Usman and Nasiru Abba.
The police spokesman stated the suspects above constituted a infamous syndicate of robbers, specialised within the theft and theft of bikes and tricycles.
“They’re notably concerned in shifting round at late night time and choosing up any tricycle they see parked with out supervision.
“Additionally they transfer round, stopping motorcyclists they see on the street, parading themselves as cops with pretend ID playing cards and accusing the motorists of late-night actions, continuing to confiscate their bikes and telling them to go to any division nearest to them to retrieve the bikes.
“Thus far, they’ve stolen a number of bikes which they’ve given to the receiving group of their syndicate,” the Power PRO said.
