The Nigerian Police, Bauchi State Police Command, has disclosed that it neutralised many suspected kidnappers and arrested six suspected gangs of kidnappers and their informants comprising four males and two females terrorising Burra village particularly and Ningi LGA generally.
The feat, according to the Command, was as a result of unrelenting and aggressive counter-kidnapping strategies which have continued to yield positive results as the operatives of the Command and other sister security agencies recorded yet another harvest of criminal elements.
The disclosure was made by the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Mohammad, while briefing Journalists at the Command Headquarters, Bauchi.
According to him, the success of the operation was based on intelligence gathering and sharing with extreme community engagement to work hand in hand with the Police in tackling all forms of criminalities within and outside of the State.
He explained that during the organized courageous operation, the Command was able to dismantle kidnappers/banditry and cattle rustler’s syndicates
He stated that “on the 2nd July 2023 the Command successfully arrested physically challenged Hamisu Umaru aged 30; Ahmadu Abdullahi aged 18; Adamu Wada Tela and Usman Iliya aged 15 as well as Rabi Tela Abdulmumini and Hajara Bello who are informants.
“Consequently, the arrest of the suspects was instrumental to the Command’s operations which led to the dismantling of the kidnappers’ hideout situated at Burra Forest, due to the intense superior firepower by the Police, so many kidnappers were neutralized while others scamper in disarray and escaped with bullet wounds.
“Moreover, during the operations, the Command was able to rescue five kidnapped victims from the kidnapper’s den, among them includes; Mai Unguwan Kayel village under Balma district, Three Fulani from Kurmi with their Three motorcycles and a woman and her child from Kurmi village and reunited them with their respective families heal and healthy.
“Subsequently, on 31/7/2023 the operation continued to yield immense positive results which led to the rescue of another set of Five kidnapped victims from different kidnapper’s enclaves at Burra Forest, Ningi LGA,” he stated.
However, two suspected kidnappers were also arrested alongside Seventy Cows, Sixty Sheep and Goats suspected to be rustled.
In another development, the Command arrested a team of cattle rustlers terrorising Ningi LGA and beyond.
“On 29/07/2023, information was received from good Samaritan that on the same date at about 0300hrs, Two unknown people armed with cutlasses and sticks trespassed into the house of one Haruna Idi aged 23 of Zahi village via Burra village, and beat the occupant to an unconscious condition and made away with his Cows.
‘On receipt of information, a team of detectives drafted from Ningi Divisional Headquarters swung into action, rushed to the scene and found one of the culprits by name Abubakar Ahmed aged 45, was neutralized by mob action and arrested Abdullahi Ahmadu aged 22 and recovered the Cows from them.
“In addition, on 2/08/2023 at about 0800hrs, intelligence at the Command disposal revealed that some unknown bandits launched an attack operation at Tabia and Kongoro axis.
“On receipt of the intelligence, operatives swiftly swung into action at the scene, neutralized two of the bandits and evacuated the corpses from the mountain and deposited them at Ningi General Hospital mortuary; the operatives recovered the sum of N300,000 from them.
“Also, on 1/08/2023 at about 1120hrs, the Command operatives arrested one Bilyaminu Ali aged 25y and Tasiu Safiyanu aged 25 all from Mani village, Katsina State, they were arrested around U.B.A Bank, Ningi, during interrogation, the suspects could not give a satisfactory account of themselves. Investigation is ongoing.”
The Commissioner of Police added that “on 1/08/2023 at about 1500hrs, Police detectives in conjunction with the Nigerian Army and other Quasi security outfits arrested Four members of kidnapper’s groups stationed within Kongoro Community and observing the movement of the Communities.
“Those arrested included; Rahane Abubakar, Habu Tukur aged 23 of Kongoro; Mohammed Rabiu aged 40 of Kongoro and Idris Haruna Sule Haruna.”
Continuing, Auwal Musa assured that the Command will not shy away from its constitutional mandate of protecting the lives and property of the hard-working citizens/residents through robust synergy/partnership with all relevant stakeholders in the state.
“May I intimate members of the press that the Command is super ready to deploy both human and material assets available at its disposals to confront crime and criminality in the State, it is also pertinent to emphasise here that no form of crime will be ignored with the prior consent of the Command,” he stressed.
He added that, “As we work towards the actualisation of a crime-free state, where the unsavoury activities of criminal merchants desperate to make a living at the expense of the law-abiding citizens of the state have put us on the chase and we are delighted that the force, our personnel and units, did not fall short of expectations.”
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