THE Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Samai’ila Shua’aibu Dikko, on Tuesday in Kano has said that no fewer than 140 kidnappers and two Boko Haram suspects, were among 2,606 suspected criminals arrested by Kano State Police Command within a space of one year.
Speaking to pressmen in Kano, Mr Dikko also disclosed that two Boko Haram suspects, 264 armed robbery suspects, 140 kidnapping suspects, 12 human trafficking suspects, 88 suspected rapists and 34 suspects for culpable homicide were arrested within the period under review.
According to him, the state police command also arrested 12 suspects for running an illegal rehabilitation centre, 89 suspected fraudsters, 33 suspected cattle rustlers, 179 suspected drug dealers, 93 motor vehicles thieves, 14 motorcycles thieves, 58 tricycles thieves, and 1,576 thugs (‘Yan-Daba).
He further disclosed that the police also rescued 160 victims of illegal confinement, 40 kidnapping victims, nine human trafficking victims and two victims of solitary confinement.
CP Dikko while reviewing his achievements within one year in office said police recovered 73 rifles, including one SMG, one AK-49, six AK-47, one type-06, four pistols, 59 locally made guns, one pump action, two toys and 30 rounds of live ammunition.
Other items recovered by the police include 129 motor vehicles, 107 tricycles, 64 motorcycles, three bicycles, 52 cattle, nine sheep, 874 knives, 93 clubs (Gora), six cutlasses, 1,042 packets of tramadol valued at N29,754,000.00, 14 cartons of fake drugs valued 2,400,000.00, 50 bags and 599 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp valued N22,261,000.00, four bags of codeine syrup, 74 packages of red solutions, 1,747 packets of exol tablets valued N51,045,000.00, 75 cartons of expired diclofenac tabs, 483 pieces of suck and die.
The police boss further stated that 3,085 packets of Diazepam tablets, 140 sachets of Rapanol tablets, 150 bottles of Codeine, 35 pieces of volume-5 tabs, 752 Mobile Phones, 22 ATM Cards & Five Packet Air conditions, 1,718 Sim cards, 32 Jerry-cans of fuel PMS, four Improvised Hoax Explosive Device (IED), four Computer Laptops, two Solar panels, 114) Expired Mina-Mina sweet condensed Tin-milk were also recovered.
According to him, “when I assumed duty as the 42nd Commissioner of Police of Kano State on the 19th February 2021, there were security challenges. These Include threats of Kidnapping and Armed Robbery along with our Seventeen (17) front-line border Local Government Areas, Thuggery (Daba) and Drug Abuse (Kwaya) within eight (8) Local Government Areas of Kano Metropolis and reports of Domestic Violence in Nineteen (19) Local Government Areas that are neither in the Metropolis nor the border of the State.
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“Having obtained briefs and guide from my predecessor, AIG Habu A. Sani, psc, and after having meeting with my Departmental Heads and Divisional Police Officers, the State was critically analyzed, carefully studied, demographically crime-mapped and under the guidance of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba Usman, psc(+), NPM, fdc, an action plan was designed to effectively police Kano State.
“The following anti-crime strategies were carefully designed and implemented within the period under review; Robust Community Policy Engagements, Sustaining the Operation Puff Adder that is based on Rapid Response to Distress calls, Intelligence-led Policing, Visibility Policing, Television, Radio and Social Media Public Enlightenment Programs, Adherence to the ethics of the Force, Synergy with other Security Agencies.
“In line with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, Community Policing engagements were intensified. On arrival, I paid a courtesy call on His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kano State, DR Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, OFR (Khadimul Islam), Our Royal fathers, the Emirs of the five Emirate councils and other security agencies in the State. I visited Area commands and Divisions and assessed the level of compliance by Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers on my directives and by extension, the directives of the Inspector General of Police on Community-based Policing. With Community Policing initiatives and engagements, the Command was supported by individuals, groups and organizations. Some of which include Number of vehicles donated = 21, Number of vehicles refurbished = 28, Number of buildings renovated = 11, Number of offices furnished with furniture = 8.”
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