As the Zamfara Police Command arrests/parades Sixteen (16) Suspects for various offenses, ranging from Banditry, Cattle Rustling, Kidnapping, Culpable Homicide, Armed Robbery, Car Snatching and other related offenses of insecurity.
SP Mohammed Shehu, the Police Public Relations Officer, Zamfara State Command announced this in a press briefing on 16 November 2022 in Gusau Zanfara State.
According to him, on the police untiring commitment to rid Zamfara State of criminal activities and other insecurity challenges, the Zamfara State Police Command under the leadership of CP Kolo Yusuf is working tirelessly to ensure that the vision and mission of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba to restore peace and stability in the state is achieved to the latter.
To this end, the Commissioner of Police’s new crime fighting strategies are yielding positive result and are currently curtailing the lingering insecurity bedeviling Zamfara State for over a decade.
Several arrest and recovery of weapons were made during the period under review. Such recoveries were the 2 AK-47 rifles recovered during encounters with bandits in Danbazau Emirate.
SP Shehu said, between Friday 11th to Monday 14th November, 2022 Police Tactical Operatives deployed to some locations that are prone to bandits attack under Dansadau Emirate of the State received distress call about plans by bandits to attack the communities. The operatives responded promptly and moved to the location with a view to repelling the attack, whereby a serious gun battle ensued between the bandits and operatives.
Fortunately, the attack was repelled forcing the hoodlums to fled into the forest with possible gunshot wounds. Two (2) AK-47 rifles with thirty five (35) rounds of live ammunition and some bunch of charms belonging to the bandits were recovered at the scene.
Additionally, within the week under review, Police Tactical Operatives while on confidence building patrol along Gusau – Funtua road, acted on intelligence information that led to the arrest of a notorious bandit’s kingpin named Sujora Almandawi as one of the bandits terrorizing villages in Tsafe, Kotorkoshi, Damba and some outskirts of Gusau. Further intelligence information revealed that the suspect involved in several attacks on villages, Cattle Rustling, Kidnapping and other related crimes along these routes.
In the course of interrogation, the suspect confessed to serial kidnapping and cattle rustling in more than Ten (10) Communities in Gusau, Tsafe and Bungudu LGAs, where they collected millions of Naira from the relations of victims as ransom. The suspect further confessed of rustling unspecified number of cows.
In the case of Bage Mohammed, the suspect was arrested by the joint Police and Vigilante while on confidence building patrol along Anka – Bukkuyum road. The arrest was sequel to intelligence report received about the suspect and his involvement in the attack of some villages in Bukkuyum and kidnapping of eleven (11) persons in Dargaji village.
In the course of investigation, the suspect confessed to several attacks, kidnappings and rustling of unspecified number of cows and sheep in some parts of Anka, Bukkuyum and Gummi LGAs. The suspect is currently assisting the Police with useful information for more arrest and recovery.
