Kaduna Police Arrests Kidnap Kingpin And Eight Others…Recovers Dangerous Weapons

The Nigerian police has paraded nine suspected criminals for series of crimes ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, car snatching and cocaine trafficking. According to a statement by CSP Jimoh Moshood, the suspects were arrested at Sabon Gayan village in Kaduna state. The suspects includes Umaru Ibrahim Mujuma (Gang Leader), Jibrin Adamu, Samaila Haruna, Ibrahim Mohammed, Ibrahim Idris, Iliya Adamu, Ifeanyi Linus, Silas Kelvin (Receiver of robbed car and a confessed Cocaine Dealer and Kamilu Mohammed (A Cripple and Informant to the Kidnappers).

The Nigerian police also recovered One AK47 Rifle, One locally made Revolver Pistol Two (2) Single Barrel Locally Made Gun, Seven (7) Rounds of AK47 Ammunition, One (1) Round of Live Cartridges and Two Toyota Corolla Vehicles. The statement partly read, “Consequent on the gruesome killing of a Youth Leader Haruna Maikudi Maikaji in his farm at Sabon Gayan Village in Kaduna State on Sunday, 12th November, 2017, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris commiserate with the family of the slain Youth Leader and the people of Sabon Gayan village and mandated Operation Absolute Sanity to fish-out the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

The Inspector-General of Police has re-emphasized his directives to Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) in zones and commands across the country to beef up security in their Area of Responsibilities (AOR) and ensure massive deployment of Armed Police Personnel, Patrol Teams and undercover operatives to black spots, flash points and other vulnerable criminal spots to nip in the bud all forms of crimes and criminality nationwide throughout this period to the coming Christmas and New Year festival and beyond. They are also to make sure that detection of crimes is prompt to serve as effective deterrent to who-will-be criminal. The ongoing raids on criminal hideouts, black spots will be sustained to reduce crime and criminality to the barest nationwide.


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