Jigawa Police Arrest 17 Suspected Armed Robbers, Motorcycle Thieves And Three Vandals

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Jigawa Police Arrest 17 Suspected Armed Robbers, Motorcycle Thieves And Three Vandals

Seventeen suspected armed robbers, motorcycle thieves and three vandals have been arrested by the Jigawa State Police Command in different operations across the state.
 
Spokesperson of the command, ASP Abubakar Isah, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, said two locally made guns, eleven motorcycles, phones, vandalized wires and the sum of N303,000.00, were recovered from the suspects.
 
“The Jigawa State Police Command in its relentless efforts towards fighting crimes and criminalities in the state particularly motor vehicles and motorcycle thefts, the command recorded tremendous achievements in Dutse, Kazaure, Maigatari, Gwiwa, Malam Madori, Kiyawa, Birniwa, Garki, and Kaugama Divisions,” the statement read.

"On 20/11/2023 at about 1700hrs one Najib Muhammad ‘m’ of mobile base quarters reported at Dutse Police Station that, he parked his Lifan Ladies motorcycle in front of his house, unfortunately when he came out, the said motorcycle was missing''.
 
Upon receipt of the report, detectives swung into action and the Police patrol team was alerted.
 
"On 21/11/2023 at about 1030hrs (1) one Adamu Ahmed 'm' age 20yrs, (2) Abubakar Ahmed 'm' age 23yrs, (3) Abdulhadi Ali 'm' age 27yrs, and (4) Garba Adamu 'm' age 28yrs all of Kwaimawa village Dutse LGA were arrested in possession of the said motorcycle''.
 
On interrogation, the suspects confessed to having stolen the motorcycle.
 
When a search was conducted in the suspects' premises, one disassembled boxer motorcycle was also recovered. The two stolen motorcycles were identified by their rightful owner.
 
“On 23/11/23 at about 1450hrs, the surveillance squad on credible information arrested one Liti Abubakar 'm' age 55yrs of Gada village Kazaure LGA, with unregistered Lifan Haojou Motorcycle, black in colour color Quarters Kazaure strongly suspected to be stolen,”
 
On investigation at Kazaure Divisional Police Headquarters, the suspect made a confessional statement and mentioned one Umar Gambo 'm' age 30yrs of Roni LGA as the person who brought the motorcycle to him.