Zamfara CP Kolo yusuf assured to end the lingering insecurity bedeviling the State

 

Police Public Relation Officer Zamfara State Police Comman SP Muhammad Shehu

From Muhammad Buhari Gusau

Zamfara State Police has arrested Eight Bandits Informants, repels bandits attacks, recovers four rifles, 250 rounds of Ak 47 live ammunition, Nine rustled cows and a truck conveying drugs and food stuff meant for bandits operating in DANGULBI - MAGAMI General area. 

This was Contained in a Press Statement Sign by the Police Public Relation Officer Zamfara Command SP Muhammad Shehu and made available to the Journalists in Gusau.

According to the Statement,  Zamfara State Police Command, under the leadership of CP Kolo Yusuf psc, has reiterated the determination of the officers and men of the Command to keep on doing their possible best in line with the mission and vision of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba psc+, NPM, fdc, to end the lingering insecurity bedeviling the State for over a decade.

“The Commissioner of Police gave the assurance through the Police Public Relations Officer; SP Mohammed Shehu while parading nine (9) suspects arrested by the Police Tactical Operatives during an intelligence led operations conducted in some criminal hideouts in the State”

“On 6th October, 2022, Police Tactical Operatives acted on intelligence information and arrested the suspects who were allegedly collaborating with notorious bandits from Munhaye forest in Tsafe LGA. One of the suspects, Hauwa’u Usman, a female residing in Gusau confessed that Ali and Hamza are her younger brothers and are among the bandits who based in Munhaye forest terrorizing, adding that, communities of Tsafe and neighbouring Katsina State. Intelligence information about her revealed that, she has been an informant to her two younger brothers (Bandits) in the bush. Even though, she denied fraternizing with them, but she indicted the second suspect Aliyu Mamuda to be the supplier of drugs, food stuff, operational motorcycles for banditry and hiring labourers for the bandits to go and farm their farmlands in the bush”

“On 7th October, 2022, Police Tactical Operatives attached to CP’s Monitoring Unit State headquarters acted on intelligence information and arrested  One of the suspects Mubarak Yusuf confessed to have connived with his gang members Ibrahim Rabi’u and Aliyu Buzu, called his uncle and his neighbor and intimidated them to either give them the sum of Five Million Naira (N5,000,000) and Four Million Naira (N4,000,000) or risk kidnap. The second suspect Ibrahim Rabi’u also confessed to the crime and further stated that, apart from engaging  in this crime, he also specializes in fraudulent act where he severally called innocent people and claimed to be a spirit that makes people to be rich, and collected money on three different occasions  in the name making them rich.

“On 10th October, 2022 Police Detectives attached to Anti Violence Section Zamfara State Command while on patrol along Gusau – Wanke, road acted on intelligence information and arrested the  suspects while conveying nine rustled cows in a truck. In the course of interrogation, the suspects could not give satisfactory account of the cows; or presented   documents that, will legitimize their ownership of the cows. Discreet investigation is in progress”

“Police Tactical Operatives of the Command while on rigorous patrol in some trouble locations in Tsafe, Bukkuyum and Shinkafi LGAs received series of distress calls from communities on plan by bandits to attack their villages. In response to the distress calls, the operatives succeeded in repelling most of the planed attacks where serious exchange of fire between the bandits and the Police operatives ensued, forcing the bandits to flee with possible gunshot wounds sustained. In the course of search at the scene, also Recovered, one AK-19 Rifle, Two AK-47 Rifle,  One Lar Rifle, One Cutlass and Bunch of Charms”

     

“On 6th October, 2022 Police Detective of the Command while on patrol along Gusau – Wanke road intercepted the  suspect in possession of the exhibits, recovered 250 Round of AK-47 Live Ammunition,  The suspect Abdullahi Sani aged 28, of Gidan Garba Village in Maru Local Government area of the State, confessed to have been sent by a notorious bandits called Ladan with the sum of One Million One hundred and ninety Thousand Naira (N1,190,000) to be delivered  to the arms supplier who were to hand over consignment to him to deliver to the bandit leader, before nemesis caught up with him and arrested by the Police”

 “On 9th October, 2022 Police Detective of the Command in collaboration with vigilante acted on intelligence information that, a truck driven by the  suspect Salisu Adamu Dangulbi, aged 35  Years, of Maru Local Government was loaded with the Hard Drugs, Include,  Penta Injection, Trimadol Tabs, Chloriquine, Injection, Exzol tabs, Cartons of Beer,  on transit from Kano to Dangulbi area to supply the exhibits to the bandits operating in the bush. the driver was arrested with the exhibits and now undergoing discreet investigation with a view to arresting his partners in crime”