Police Arrest Bandits’ Logistics Supplier In Abuja

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a wanted logistic supplier and informant to a kidnapping and banditry group terrorizing the FCT and its environs.

The suspect, one Mohammed Hamza a.k.a Auta, 25 years old, was arrested by the anti-kidnapping unit of the command at the Mongoro Forest.344

The FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh said the suspect, who has been on the wanted list of the command, is being held for his involvement in supplying firearms, ammunition and other weapons; food items and illicit drugs to the criminals in their various hideouts in the forests using a motorcycle.

She said exhibits recovered from the suspect include one AK47 rifle, AK47 ammunition, one mobile phone, foodstuffs and an unregistered boxer Motorcycle.

Investigations are being intensified to identify and cut off the criminal supply chain and arrest other members of the gang.

The command also arrested four criminal suspects for various crimes including illegal possession of firearms, illegal fabrication and production of small arms and light weapons, armed robbery, amongst other crimes.

The suspects; Daniel Williams, 51, Mohammed Yusuf, 41; Abdulrasheed Abdullahi, 26 and Aminu Mohammed, 41 years were intercepted and arrested in the Zuba area of the FCT by operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB).

Four locally made firearms and one live cartridge were recovered from the suspects.

Preliminary investigations by the Police revealed that the gang was involved in fabricating and producing small and light weapons locally.

Also, the operatives of Utako Divisional Police headquarters on June 07, 2023 at about 7pm, following a tip-off actionable intelligence arrested eight suspected armed robbers at one Amala Garden in Utako.

Following the arrest, three firearms of different caliber, knives and hard drugs were recovered from them.

The suspects are: Sani Ibrahim, 41 years old from Gere LGA of  Borno State; Yusuf Ilyasu AKA Tablet, an ex-convict, 25 old from Plateau State; Awala Lawal an escapee from Kuje prison, 22 yrs old of Kano state; Hassan Daudo, 34, from Borno State; Abbass Gidado, 18, from Katsina State;  Shamsu Haibu, 35, from Kano; Sani Suleiman, 37 from Kano State and one Shehu Jimoh, an ex-convict from Kogi State.