The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 580 suspects for various offences ranging from kidnapping, banditry, armed robbery and other related crimes in different parts of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Rabiu, who paraded the suspects at the Command’s headquarters, said they were apprehended during various operations across Kaduna State.
He disclosed that 30 kidnapped victims were rescued from kidnappers during the operations carried out from December 31, 2024, to February 2025, while stolen vehicles, motorcycles and other items were recovered from the suspects.
The police boss also said that 20 suspected, 32 armed robbery suspects, 320 suspected phone snatchers and five suspected car thieves were arrested during the period under review.
“On February 10, 2025, officers from the Gadar Gayan Outpost based on credible intelligence, tracked down and arrested two suspects namely, Inusa Ibrahim (18) and Hamisu Musa (18), both of Kangimin Gobirawa Village who were caught making phone calls to suspected bandits, providing them with names of individuals targeted for kidnapping in their village. During the course of the investigation, the suspects confessed to the crime and are currently in custody as further inquiries continue”.
“On 15th January 2025, acting on credible intelligence regarding the activities of a criminal syndicate who specialized in motorcycle theft. Officers from the Anti-Car Theft Section mobilized to Mando area, where they apprehended two suspects, identified as Ibrahim Abubakar and Surakatu Usman.
“During interrogation, the suspects confessed to their involvement in multiple motorcycle snatching incidents. “Their modus operandi involved attacking victims with a sledgehammer to render them unconscious or strangling them with a cable wire before fleeing with their motorcycles.
“Further investigations led to the arrest of their receiver, Yahya Muhammad, who they take the motorcycles to for the sale. Three TVS motorcycles were recovered from the suspects”.
