Again, Kaduna Gov Imposes 24 hours curfew, as Police Arrest Suspects

Again, Kaduna Gov Imposes 24 hours curfew, as Police
Arrest Suspects

The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Elrufai has again
imposed 24 hours curfew in the state.

Announcing the directive on his official Twitter Handle, he
said: “This is a notice of a 24-hour curfew imposed on Kaduna town
and environs, with immediate effect.

“the decision has been taken in the best interest of the
state.”

Meanwhile before the new directive, the Police Headquarters in
Abuja had issued a statement on development in Kaduna and other
states.

Read the Press Release from the Police below:

Police Nab 22 Suspects over Kajuru Crisis

Concerned with the unfortunate attack and killings of Fifty-Five
innocent people, mayhem and the resultant disturbance of public
peace that occurred in Kasuwar Magani, Kajuru, Kaduna State on the
18th of October, 2018 which also resulted in destruction of
property worth Millions of Naira, and the need to put an end to
this crisis, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris
NPM, mni, has deployed the Assistant Inspector General of Police,
Zone 7 Headquarters in charge of Kaduna State, Niger State and the
FCT to lead the Police Special Intervention Force, comprising Four
(4) Units of Police Mobile Force (PMF) specially trained Anti Riot
Policemen, Counter Terrorism Unit, Conventional Policemen, Federal
Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS), Intelligence Response Team
(IRT), Technical Intelligence Unit (TIU), State Intelligence Bureau
(SIB), detachment of EOD, Police K9 (Sniffer Dogs Section), already
on ground at Kasuwar Magani, Kajuru, Kaduna State.

2. The operations will cover the entire Kasuwar Magani and
environs, and other flash/trouble spots in Kaduna State.

3. The Police Special Intervention Forces will be working in
synergy with the Kaduna State Police Command to ensure that total
peace and normalcy are restored and sustained in Kasuwar Magani and
environs.

4. To achieve success in the operations, the Force will be
proactive and strict in the enforcement of its mandates, Police
standard operations procedures and rules of engagement. The Force
will ensure the full enforcement of the curfew imposed on Kasuwar
Magani and environs by the Kaduna State Government. The personnel
of the Police special Intervention Force will carry out twenty four
(24) hours surveillance and patrol, stop and search; continuous
raids of identified criminal hideouts and black spots, with a view
to arrest promptly trouble makers, their sponsors and nip in the
bud any further attempt to cause violence and other criminality in
the area. The deployment of the personnel will equally cover
communities, towns, villages, vulnerable points, Government and
private infrastructures and facilities in Kasuwar Magani, Kajuru
Local Government Area and environs.

5. Traditional rulers, religious leaders, public office holders,
politicians, opinion leaders, parents and guardians are hereby
called upon to prevail on their subjects, supporters, children and
wards to support the personnel of the Police Special Intervention
Force in the discharge of their responsibilities, and propagate
peace, demonstrate love, and tolerance to promote harmonious
coexistence with their fellow citizens, irrespective of religious,
ethnic inclinations and differences.

CASE 2: GIVING FALSE INFORMATION, TELLING FALSEHOOD AND
MISLEADING POLICE ACTION
Arrest and investigation of one Dr. Kasim Abdulganiyu for giving
false information, telling falsehood and misleading Police to
execute search warrant in the house of Ambassador Ibrahim Zakari,
former DG, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in Kaduna, Kaduna
State.

2. The Informant (suspect) informed and made voluntary statement
to the Police on 20th August, 2018 that firearms and ammunition
were stocked in the house of One Ibrahim Zakari and five (5) others
on Sultan Road, Malali Area, Kaduna, Kaduna State before the Police
team obtained and executed a valid search warrant in the house on
the 28th August, 2018 and nothing incriminating was found. The
search was witnessed by the security guards and no relatives of the
owner of the house or any other person apart from the security
guards were living in the house as at the time the search was
conducted.

3. The Police Team also had no knowledge that the house belong
to Ambassador Ibrahim Zakari, former DG NIA before the search
warrant was executed.

4. Notwithstanding, any personality, the provisions of the law
empowers the Nigeria Police Force with statutory rights to execute
a duly obtained search warrant in any dwelling house, premises or
location where it has actionable intelligence or information that
incriminating items or exhibits used to commit crime or about to be
used for criminality with the aims of recovering them to prevent
the commission of such crime or to detect the crime that have been
committed are recovered for investigation and prosecution.

5. However, the Informant, Dr. Kasim Abdulganiyu of No. 21
Colorado Crescent, Ministers Hills, Abuja will be arraigned in
court for giving false information and telling falsehood to mislead
police action without further delay.

CASE 3: ARREST OF NOTORIOUS GANGS OF KIDNAPPERS AND
ARMED ROBBERS
Suspects:
i. Hawa Yinusa ‘f’ – Gang Leader
ii. Nura Dahiru a.k.a Ula (Principal Suspect)
iii. Buhari Hamisu a.k.a wiseman (Principal Suspect)

Exhibits
i. Three (3) AK47 Rifles
ii. Thirty Eight (38) Rounds of AK47 Ammunition
iii. One (1) Honda Hennessey Car belonging to the victim
(Originally ash colour but changed by the suspect to Navy blue)
iv. One (1) Big Cutlass used in killing people

Arrest of vicious and notorious kidnap for ransom gang led by a
woman, Hawa Yunusa from Masaka, Nasarawa State who has no means of
livelihood but leads so many kidnapping gangs; for several
kidnappings of prominent Nigerians, including one Aisha Haruna (a
business woman) referred to as Zainab by her family and friends who
was kidnapped and later killed and abandoned by this gang in the
bush at Uke town, Nasarawa State. The victim’s car, Honda Hennessey
was robbed after killing her including her stock of clothing inside
the car. The suspect, Hawa Yinusa further went to court and sworn
to an affidavit claiming that the victim was her sister before she
died and was in the process of withdrawing from the Bank about One
Million Naira (N1,000,000.00) belonging to the victim before she
was arrested.

2. The two last suspects Nura Dahiru a.k.a Ula and Buhari Hamisu
a.k.a wiseman were mobilized into the criminal gang by Hawa Yinusa.
One (1) of the suspects died during a shootout with the IGP Strike
Force and the three (3) AK47, Thirty Eight (38) Rounds of AK47
Ammunition, and One (1) Big Cutlass used in killing some of their
victims to death were recovered from their possession.

3. The suspect, Hawa Yinusa and her gangs have carried out
several kidnappings between Abuja, Nasarawa and Plateau States.
They have also been involved and confessed to other forms of
kidnappings of innocent people, collecting their ATM Cards and
withdrawing their money before releasing them. Some of their
victims have come forward to the Police investigator and identified
them. They will be charged to court on completion of
Investigation.

CASE 4: RE: KWARA LAW MAKERS RAISE
ALARM OVER TRANSFER OF SUSPECTED RITUALIST TO ABUJA.
Re: Daily Trust Newspaper publication page 8 of today, 21st
October, 2018 on the above caption, credited to a Press conference
by Hon. Abdulrafiu Abdulrahman, Chairman House Committee on
Information, Kwara State House of Assembly insinuating that there
are alleged plots by the Police to use the eight (8) suspected
human parts dealers it transferred from the State to the Force
Headquarters, Abuja as instrument of political victimization and
alleging further that ‘the Police were working to force some of the
suspects to implicate prominent clerics and top politicians in the
State in the matter’.

2. Investigation into the arrested suspects in connection with
the Eleven (11) human skulls and other human body parts recovered
from them is still ongoing and the Police will definitely make the
outcome public.

3. Any individual or group found to be connected with this
heinous crime will be arrested and prosecuted. The Force has no any
plan to implicate any personality in the matter and there is no any
cause for any innocent person(s) to be afraid of the law. The Force
will not allow itself to be cowed, or obstructed from ensuring that
the dictate of the law prevails in all matters.

4. On the case of Offa Bank Robbery suspects referred to by Hon.
Abdulrafiu Abdulrahman, Chairman of House Committee on Information,
Kwara State House of Assembly, investigation into the matter has
been concluded by the Police and the case file sent to Attorney
General of the Federation who directed that the case file be sent
to the Kwara State Attorney General for prosecution which the
Police has complied with since August, 2018. The Force has been
waiting on the Kwara State Attorney General to take over the
suspects from the Police for prosecution. Hon. Abdulrafiu
Abdulrahman, Chairman of House Committee on Information, Kwara
State House of Assembly should take note, please.

Ag. DCP Jimoh MOshood
Force Public Relations Officers
Force Headquarters
Abuja.