The Jigawa State Police Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested members of a burglary syndicate in Hadejia Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesperson of the corps in the state, CSC Adamu Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, September 2, 2022, said the suspects were arrested following a complaint by one of the victims.
He gave the names of the arrested members as: Ali Ya’u ‘M’ aged 22 of Agumau Quarters, Abubakar Isa (21yrs) of Agumau Qtrs, Mohd Musa (18yrs) of Yayari Qtrs, Haruna Shuaibu (17yrs) of Agumau Qtrs, Ibrahim Yusuf (24yrs) of Mafucin Sarki Qtrs and Tafida Ibrahim ((22yrs) of Agumau Qtrs, all in Hadejia Local Government Area.
The suspects were arrested on a suspected case of burglary, trespass, criminal conspiracy, theft and receiving stolen property contrary to sections 346, 342, 96, 286, 317 and punishable under sections 349, 348, 97, 287, 317 of Penal Code Law respectively.
“Ali Ya’u was arrested on Thursday, 18th of August, 2022 in the afternoon while eating from a local food vendor, while the five (5) others were picked within the week on separate dates and at different locations,” the spokesperson stated.
Their arrests was prompted upon receiving complaint from one Muhammad Sani Lawal aka Master, that his shop located at Agumau Quarters was burgled at around 2:30am on Wednesday 17th of August 2022
“He gave list of items stolen which include, one Million One Hundred Naira (N1,100,000) Cash, Seven (7) Laptop Computers of different models valued at N410,000, POS Teminal (N25,000) Microsoft Camera (N25,000), Kojak Biometric Machine (N230,000) NIMC license (N360,000), Two Hundred (200) pieces of fairly used mobile phones including Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson valued at N985,000. Put together, Two Million Three Hundred and Thirty Five (N2,035,000) Naira worth of gadgets were stolen, plus N1,100,000 cash,”
