Police Parade Zamfara
Police Parade Zamfara Armed Bandits
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni,
concerned with the security situation in Zamfara State caused by
the criminal activities of armed bandits, kidnap for ransom gangs
and cattle rustlers terrorizing innocent people in Zurmi, Maru,
Shinkafi, Tsafe, Maradun, Bakura LGAs and other flash points in
Zamfara State, deployed Police Special Intervention Teams to the
State to restore normalcy and ensure adequate security of lives and
property in the State. The Police Team were mandated to restore
lasting peace and bring perpetrators to justice.
2. On the 21st November, 2018, a IGP X-Squad attached to the
Police Special Intervention Teams deployed by the Inspector General
of Police to Zamfara State while on routine market patrol and
surveillance along Gusau-Keita-Tsafe road in Keita Village, Tsafe
Local Government Area of Zamfara State, working on actionable
intelligence, trailed and arrested the above mentioned suspect,
Sani Rabiu while riding a Red Boxer Motorcycle with Reg. No. Sokoto
LLA 419 VJ and heading towards Tsafe Market. The suspect on
sighting the Police Operatives, jumped off, pushed the motorcycle
into a ditch and took to his heels into a forest with a bag
containing Four (4) AK47 Rifles and Four (4) Empty Magazines.
3. The Police Operatives went after the suspect and arrested him
after exchange of fire and recovered the Four (4) AK47 Rifles and
Four (4) Empty Magazines.
4. On interrogation, the suspect, Sani Rabiu confessed to the
Police investigation Team to be working with other armed bandits
namely Ibro, Danjuma, Aliyu and other suspects terrorizing villages
in Sokoto and Zamfara States.
5. Further investigation carried out by the Police Team on the
matter revealed that the suspect belongs to notorious and vicious
gang of armed bandits and kidnappers responsible for several
attacks on innocent people in Keita village in Tsafe and other
villages in Zamfara and Sokoto States.
6. Recently, the Zamfara State Police Command has arrested
Sixty-Five (65) armed bandits in the last few weeks for attacks on
villages in the State. The Command also has foiled armed bandit
attacks on Hayim-Alhaji Village in Tsafe Local Government Area and
recovered Two (2) Live Grenade and arrested several suspects in
connection with the foiled attack.
ii. The Zamfara State Command has equally recovered Twenty-two
firearms comprising Five (5) AK47 Rifles, Seventeen (17) other
Locally manufactured firearms and One and Twenty (120) Ammunitions
of AK47 Rifles.
iii. Other exhibits recovered from the armed bandits dislodged
by the Zamfara State Police Command include Two Hundred and Sixty
Nine (269) Cattle, One Hundred and Nine (109) Sheep in Tsafe LGA of
Zamfara State in the last two (2) weeks. The cattle and sheep have
been handed over to their owners.
7. The operation is ongoing and more efforts are being
intensified to arrest other members of the armed bandit/kidnap for
ransom gang to bring them to justice. All suspects will be
arraigned in court on completion of investigation.
SUSPECTS
i. Sani Rabiu ‘m’ 30yrs from Ajja-mada of Gusau Local Government
Area in Zamfara State
EXHIBITS
i. Four (4) AK47 Rifles
ii. Four (4) Empty Magazine
iii. Red Boxer Motorcycle with Reg. No. Sokoto LLA 419 VJ
iv. Charms
Ag. DCP JIMOH MOSHOOD
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