Africa Press-Nigeria:
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested 32 suspects in connection with hard drugs, kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and culpable homicide, among other crimes.
This was revealed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakili, at a press briefing at the command’s headquarters in Bauchi.
According to the police spokesman, two crack cocaine dealers were arrested by operatives of State Intelligence Bureau, Bauchi on the 3rd August, 2020 at about 8:30 pm.
Wakili informed that nine grams of crack cocaine was recovered from the suspected hard drug dealers, Chigozie One (32) and Faruk Yakubu (25), both residents of Bauchi, adding that investigation is in progress.
He further disclosed that four suspects were arrested by the Command Intelligence Bureau for kidnapping a six-year-old boy, one Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed.
The suspected teenage kidnappers, Usman Muhammed (18); Faisal Musa (19); Abdulgaffar Adamu (19) and Ahmad Usman Gamawa (16), according to the PPRO demanded a ransom of N1million and confessed to the crime.
“On the 10/08/2020 at about 1300hrs a case of kidnapping was reported to the Command Intelligence Bureau by one Alhaji Muhammed Dan’azumi ‘m’ of Jaja quarters Bauchi metro, that on 9/08/2020 at about 1630hrs unknown person(s) kidnapped his son one Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed ‘m’ aged 6yrs of the same address to unknown destination and further demand one million naira (1,000,000.00) as ransom.
“Upon receiving the complaint on the 11/08/2020 at about 1100hrs operatives attached to the Bureau swung into action and rescued the victim unhurt,” the police spokesman stated.
According to Wakili, a banker, Mustapha Ya’u, a staff member of First Bank, Azare branch, was arrested with four other suspects for criminal conspiracy, misappropriation and breach of trust.
“On 11/07/2020 at about 2045hrs one Abdulganiyu Tanimu ‘m’ of Gadau town came to Gadau Police station and reported that on the same date at about 1955hrs one Aliyu Garba ‘m’ aged 22yrs of Azare town, Katagum L.G.A, came to his POS shop and withdrew the sum of fifty thousand naira (N50,000) through account no. 2000325930 belonging to one Ezeuwean Paul by cashless transfer using mobile no. 08130837887 he became suspicious of him and refused to give him the money.
