Police arrest notorious armed robbery suspects in Kano
Four robbery suspects were arrested by the Kano State Police Command, and the property was recovered.
SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa (spokesperson for the command), disclosed the information in a statement Tuesday, July 5. She stated that the suspects admitted to all the robberies at Tishama hotoro Quarters in the state.
The statement stated that “Between June 2022 and July 2022 there was public outcry in Tishama Hotoro quarters Kano about the activities of a syndicate hoodlums that specialized primarily in House Breaking, Armed Robbery”
“One Kabiru Tukur, I’m from Tishama Hotoro Quarters Kano further complained that the four-member syndicate went twice to his home and robbed him of his Plasma TV, Four Mobile Phones, and his laptop. Four-Armed Robbery Cases were also recorded in the region with the same “modus operandi”.
“On receipt of the reports, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, fsi raised and instructed a team of Operation Puff Adder led by CSP Mansur Idris, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Hotoro Division to arrest the culprits. The team immediately swung into action
“Sustained efforts coupled with intelligence-led surveillance patrol led to the arrest of all the syndicate members as follows: Idris Mohammed, ‘m’, 19, Nasiru Abdulhamid, ‘m’, 24, Sunusi Ibrahim, 27, and Bashir Yunusa, ‘m’, 25, all of Tishama, Hotoro Quarters Kano.
“On investigation, the suspects confessed to all the Armed Robberies committed in the area. A discreet Investigation conducted by a team of Detectives at the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department led by CSP Ahmed Abdullahi resulted to the arrest of the receiver, Rabi’u Sani, ‘m’, 32 years old of Tishama, Hotoro Quarters Kano. Four Plasma TV and Eleven Mobile Phones were recovered from them.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police directed for discreet investigation, after which the suspects will be charged to court for prosecution.
He commended the effort of the Police Officers that participated in the investigation.
