A bandit kingpin, Sujora Almandawi has been arrested by Policemen attached to Zamfara State Command.
The Police also paraded 16 other suspects for various crimes ranging from banditry, cattle rustling, kidnapping, culpable homicide, armed robbery, and car snatching in the state.
While addressing newsmen on Wednesday at the police command headquarters in Gusau, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Mohammed Shehu, said 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.
He added that the commissioner of police’s new crime-fighting strategies are yielding positive results and are currently curtailing the lingering insecurity bedeviling Zamfara State.
“Between Friday 11th and Monday 14th November 2022 Police Tactical Operatives deployed to some locations that are prone to bandits attack under Dansadau Emirate of the State received a distress call about plans by bandits to attack the communities, 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.
BREAKING; Bandit kingpin, Sujora Almandawi, 16 others arrested by Police operatives
BREAKING; Bandit kingpin, Sujora Almandawi, 16 others arrested by Police operatives
A bandit kingpin, Sujora Almandawi has been arrested by Policemen attached to Zamfara State Command.
The Police also paraded 16 other suspects for various crimes ranging from banditry, cattle rustling, kidnapping, culpable homicide, armed robbery, and car snatching in the state.
While addressing newsmen on Wednesday at the police command headquarters in Gusau, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Mohammed Shehu, said 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.
He added that the commissioner of police’s new crime-fighting strategies are yielding positive results and are currently curtailing the lingering insecurity bedeviling Zamfara State.
“Between Friday 11th and Monday 14th November 2022 Police Tactical Operatives deployed to some locations that are prone to bandits attack under Dansadau Emirate of the State received a distress call about plans by bandits to attack the communities, 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 flee into the forest with possible gunshot wounds. Two 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.”
He disclosed that Police Tactical Operatives while on confidence-building patrol along Gusau-Funtua road, intelligence information led to the arrest of a notorious bandit’s kingpin named Sujora Almandawi as one of the bandits terrorising villages in Tsafe, Kotorkoshi, Damba and some outskirts of Gusau.
According to him, intelligence information has revealed that the arrested suspect was involved in several attacks on villages, cattle rustling, kidnapping and other related crimes in the state.
“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 to rustling an 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 an intelligence report received about him and his involvement in the attack on some villages in Bukkuyum and the kidnapping of eleven (11) persons in Dargaji village.
“The suspect confessed to several attacks, kidnappings and rustling of an unspecified number of cows and sheep in some parts of Anka, Bukkuyum and Gummi LGAs, he is currently assisting the Police with useful information for more arrest and recovery.”
He further revealed that Police Tactical operatives of the Command acted on intelligence information led to the arrest of the suspects, Mohammed Sani, Bello Abdullahi and Magaji Adamu with one Beretta Pistol and one Hyundai vehicle safe kept at State CID Kaduna as an exhibit.
“The suspects belong to a notorious car snatching syndicate who possessed guns for the purpose of snatching cars from innocent members of the public. In the course of investigation, all the suspects confessed to several cars snatching at gunpoint in Abuja, Kaduna and Suleja in Niger State.
“They further confessed that all the robbed vehicles were either sold in Niger republic or Kano State, before nemesis caught off with them and arrested by the Police.
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