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From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi
The Kebbi State Police Command has recovered about 57 rusticated cows from suspected bandits, and arrested one notorious bandit with AK 47 at Augie town.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmed Magaji Kontagora, who confirmed this at a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi, explained that the rusticated cows were recovered due to intelligence information.
He said: “On 21/08/2022, at about 1700hrs, the suspects, namely: one Manu Riskuwa and Muhammad Gide, all ‘m’ of Tungar Malan, Koko/Besse LGA conspired and trespassed into the residence of one Usman Muhammed ‘m’ of Kwanan Biri village, Bagudo LGA, and stole his cattle. After following their foot prints, the two suspects were apprehended along Bagudo road, in possession of the said stolen cows together with 57 other cows and 12 sheep which they could not give satisfactory account of.
“In the course of investigation, they mentioned one Garba Usman of Gidan Daji village, Maiyama LGA, as the owner of the remaining cows. Hence, he was also arrested in connection with the case. Investigation is still ongoing.”
Speaking on other suspected criminals arrested, Kontagora said: “On 26/08/2022, at about 1000hrs, information received revealed that armed bandits were seen wandering in the Tiggi area of Augie LGA.
“On receipt of the report, the Divisional Police Office, Augie, and his men immediately responded and pursued the bandits. Due to the police high fire power, one of the bandits abandoned his AK47 rifle with 24 rounds of 7.62x39mm of live ammunition. The case is under investigation,” he said.
The commissioner of police also disclosed that on the 30/08/2022, at about 1600hrs, the DPO Mahuta raided a mining site situated at Maikende village and successfully arrested some suspects involved in illegal drugs.
He said the suspects, including Tanko Bala ‘m’ of Kantu village, (2) Hassan Musa ‘m’ of ZBCC Dabai and (3) Ya’u Umar ‘m’ of Darangi village of Niger State, respectively.
“When searched, the following items were found in their possession, namely; 320 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp; 15 tabs of valium (D5) tablets; 18 tabs of exol; and 8 tabs caplets of tramadol. The case is still under investigation,” he said.
