Police Parade 48 Suspects For Kidnapping, Armed Robbery, Cattle Rustling

The Nigeria Police Force has paraded 48 suspects arrested for
various crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery, cybercrime, and
cattle rustling.

Parading the suspects in Abuja, police spokesman Mr. Frank Mba
said the suspects – comprising 47 males and one female – were
arrested in different parts of the country at different times.

Some of the suspects include Aliyu Suleiman, who is 26-year-old
and the leader of an armed robbery gang responsible for the attack
and collection of a rifle from two police officers around
Abuja.

Another gang allegedly led by Yusuf Abubakar specialises in
kidnapping and was responsible for the kidnap of Mohammed Bashir
Bappe, a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly.

Mr. Mba, while advising Nigerians to be wary of the antics of
criminals as they keep introducing new tactics on a daily basis,
insisted that all the suspects will be prosecuted.

READ THE POLICE’S FULL STATEMENT:

OPERATION PUFF ADDER II – POLICE ARREST 48 NOTORIOUS
CRIMINAL SUSPECTS

– Recover 14-AK47 Rifles, 27 other prohibited firearms, 4 POS
Machines, others

Following the flag-off of ‘Operation Puff Adder II’ by the
Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni on 15th
February, 2021, to reinvigorate the ongoing fight against violent
crimes in the country and bring the perpetrators to book,
operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team and Special
Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II
have arrested forty-eight (48) criminal suspects, including
forty-seven (47) male and one (1) female, for their involvement and
indictment in cases of armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful
possession of firearms, cybercrime/financial fraud and other
heinous crimes in some parts of the country.

Forty-one (41) prohibited firearms including fourteen (14) AK47
rifles, ten (10) AK47 Magazines, fifty-eight (58) live cartridges,
four (4) AK47 live ammunition, four (4) POS Machines, two (2)
laptop computers, eighteen (18) mobile phones, Internet MODEM and
nine (9) ATM cards were recovered from the suspects in the
operations.

Notable among the breakthroughs, is the arrest of the nine (9)
criminal suspects responsible for the kidnap of Honourable Mohammed
Bashir Bape, Member, Taraba State House of Assembly in December,
2020.

The suspects were apprehended at their various hideouts in
Taraba and Plateau States following an intense search by the Police
team for the perpetrators of the crime and follow-up on recent
spike in Kidnapping/armed robbery in Taraba and the North-Central
States of the Country.

They are Yusuf Abubakar, 31yrs native of Jalingo LGA Taraba
state, Muntari Umar, 27yrs Native of Mayo Belwa LGA Adamawa State,
Ahmadu Dahiru, 28yrs, native of Lau LGA, Taraba State, Ali Alhaji
Wurungo, 25yrs native of Lau LGA Taraba State, Buhari Nuhu, 25yrs,
native of Jalingo LGA, Mohd GARBA, 30yrs, native of Mararaban
Gasol, Taraba State, Yusuf Jibrillah 23yrs, native of Mararaban
Gasol Taraba State, Adamu Ahmadu aka Bulala 32yrs, native of Taraba
State and one Idi Suleiman.

Investigations by the Police team revealed that the suspects are
members of a notorious armed robbery/kidnapping syndicate that
specializes in terrorizing innocent citizens in the
North-Central/North East States particularly in Plateau and Taraba
States.

Police investigations have uncovered the roles played by each
member of the gang during the kidnap of the Honourable Member.
Investigations also established how the proceeds of the crime
(ransom) were shared among the suspects.

The Police operatives also arrested a 12-man cybercrime
syndicate for internet fraud and other cyber-related offences.
The suspects, with their ages within the range of twenty-two (22)
and thirty (30), were arrested at a residence in Kubwa area of the
Federal capital Territory (FCT), Abuja following intelligence
received by the Police.
Similarly, the Police team busted a 2-man gang of a 61-year-old
physically challenged man, Musa Usman from Kebbi State who resides
in Anambra State and one Ahmed Shuaibu, 27years, native of Nasarawa
State for complicity in the distribution and sale of
illicit/dangerous drugs to bandits in their camps at Babuga,
Nasarawa State. The physically challenged man has been taking
advantage of his physical state to evade police attention until his
eventual arrest.

Thirty-five wraps of substance suspected to be Cocaine, were
recovered from the suspects.

The Inspector General of Police, while noting that the Operation
Puff Adder II is already yielding positive results barely ten (10)
days after it was flagged-off, has assured that the Force will not
relent in its commitment at re-dominating and reclaiming the public
space from criminals that are hell bent on threatening the internal
security order of the country and bringing such suspects to
justice.

The Nigeria Police Force has paraded 48 suspects arrested for
various crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery, cybercrime, and
cattle rustling.

Parading the suspects in Abuja, police spokesman Mr. Frank Mba
said the suspects – comprising 47 males and one female – were
arrested in different parts of the country at different times.

Some of the suspects include Aliyu Suleiman, who is 26-year-old
and the leader of an armed robbery gang responsible for the attack
and collection of a rifle from two police officers around
Abuja.

Another gang allegedly led by Yusuf Abubakar specialises in
kidnapping and was responsible for the kidnap of Mohammed Bashir
Bappe, a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly.

Mr. Mba, while advising Nigerians to be wary of the antics of
criminals as they keep introducing new tactics on a daily basis,
insisted that all the suspects will be prosecuted.

READ THE POLICE’S FULL STATEMENT:

OPERATION PUFF ADDER II – POLICE ARREST 48 NOTORIOUS
CRIMINAL SUSPECTS

– Recover 14-AK47 Rifles, 27 other prohibited firearms, 4 POS
Machines, others

Following the flag-off of ‘Operation Puff Adder II’ by the
Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni on 15th
February, 2021, to reinvigorate the ongoing fight against violent
crimes in the country and bring the perpetrators to book,
operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team and Special
Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II
have arrested forty-eight (48) criminal suspects, including
forty-seven (47) male and one (1) female, for their involvement and
indictment in cases of armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful
possession of firearms, cybercrime/financial fraud and other
heinous crimes in some parts of the country.

Forty-one (41) prohibited firearms including fourteen (14) AK47
rifles, ten (10) AK47 Magazines, fifty-eight (58) live cartridges,
four (4) AK47 live ammunition, four (4) POS Machines, two (2)
laptop computers, eighteen (18) mobile phones, Internet MODEM and
nine (9) ATM cards were recovered from the suspects in the
operations.

Notable among the breakthroughs, is the arrest of the nine (9)
criminal suspects responsible for the kidnap of Honourable Mohammed
Bashir Bape, Member, Taraba State House of Assembly in December,
2020.

The suspects were apprehended at their various hideouts in
Taraba and Plateau States following an intense search by the Police
team for the perpetrators of the crime and follow-up on recent
spike in Kidnapping/armed robbery in Taraba and the North-Central
States of the Country.

They are Yusuf Abubakar, 31yrs native of Jalingo LGA Taraba
state, Muntari Umar, 27yrs Native of Mayo Belwa LGA Adamawa State,
Ahmadu Dahiru, 28yrs, native of Lau LGA, Taraba State, Ali Alhaji
Wurungo, 25yrs native of Lau LGA Taraba State, Buhari Nuhu, 25yrs,
native of Jalingo LGA, Mohd GARBA, 30yrs, native of Mararaban
Gasol, Taraba State, Yusuf Jibrillah 23yrs, native of Mararaban
Gasol Taraba State, Adamu Ahmadu aka Bulala 32yrs, native of Taraba
State and one Idi Suleiman.

Investigations by the Police team revealed that the suspects are
members of a notorious armed robbery/kidnapping syndicate that
specializes in terrorizing innocent citizens in the
North-Central/North East States particularly in Plateau and Taraba
States.

Police investigations have uncovered the roles played by each
member of the gang during the kidnap of the Honourable Member.
Investigations also established how the proceeds of the crime
(ransom) were shared among the suspects.

The Police operatives also arrested a 12-man cybercrime
syndicate for internet fraud and other cyber-related offences.
The suspects, with their ages within the range of twenty-two (22)
and thirty (30), were arrested at a residence in Kubwa area of the
Federal capital Territory (FCT), Abuja following intelligence
received by the Police.
Similarly, the Police team busted a 2-man gang of a 61-year-old
physically challenged man, Musa Usman from Kebbi State who resides
in Anambra State and one Ahmed Shuaibu, 27years, native of Nasarawa
State for complicity in the distribution and sale of
illicit/dangerous drugs to bandits in their camps at Babuga,
Nasarawa State. The physically challenged man has been taking
advantage of his physical state to evade police attention until his
eventual arrest.

Thirty-five wraps of substance suspected to be Cocaine, were
recovered from the suspects.

The Inspector General of Police, while noting that the Operation
Puff Adder II is already yielding positive results barely ten (10)
days after it was flagged-off, has assured that the Force will not
relent in its commitment at re-dominating and reclaiming the public
space from criminals that are hell bent on threatening the internal
security order of the country and bringing such suspects to
justice.