The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested about 40 suspected criminals, ranging from kidnappers, criminal conspiracy and abduction, cattle rustlers, car snatchers, among others.
Briefing newsmen in Kaduna Thursday, the new Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu, said the state police command had adopted a policy in line with the ideology of the present administration, an intelligence driven, aggressive and well structured policing.
“This will be done in collaboration with the community as stakeholders and in synergy with other security agencies.
“This approach, l am optimistic, will gain prominence by its impact on crime prevention and control and hence will enjoy public goodwill,” he explained.
On the arrest of suspected kidnappers, the commissioner of police noted that operatives of Zonkwa Division arrested one Omar Mohammed and Abdulazeez Mohammed both of Ladduga-Tampol village, adding that the suspects called one Mr. Abdullahi Ahmadu and Ahmadu Mohammed of Unguwan Goska Zonkwa, through a strange phone number, 08175407676, threatened and instructed them to drop the sum of two million naira.
He added that seven suspected kidnappers were arrested at Audu-Jangwan, along Kaduna/Abuja expressway and that two cattle rustlers at Dankande village made away with twenty-nine cows.
He said the victims raised alarmed that attracted the patrol team of Soba Division, resulting in the death of one of the rustlers, while one Shafiyu Ibrahim was arrested.
“On 19th Apri5, 2016 at about 1300 hours, one Zubairu Haruna and Salisu Abubakar were arrested in connection with a case of cattle rustling, during the cause of investigation, the suspects confessed to have kidnapped a man at Kauru and collected a ramson of N900,000 before releasing their victim.
The commissioner commended the cooperation of the public in availing the police with useful information, while assuring them of the command’s readiness to degrade the capacity of criminals and render them susceptible to arrest and prosecution in the state.
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