Police parade 32 suspected criminals

THE Kogi State Police Command on Wednesday, said it had arrested 32 suspects over crimes that had been tormenting the state in the past few weeks.

The people were arrested and paraded over alleged offences like kidnapping, armed robbery, illegal possession of fire arms, vandalism and unlawful possession of substance among others.

Parading the suspects, the deputy commissioner of police (operations) at the Command, Edward Egbuka, two AK47 and 27 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition were recovered from the suspected criminal gang that specialise in kidnapping and armed robbery.

He the command recorded the feat because of the cooperation and collaborations from the people.

He said, “These achievements were due to the proactive strategies rooted in intelligence led policing and robust interaction with the various strata of our communities particularly in the area of information gathering.

“Our operational style has provided avenue for effective collaboration with other critical stakeholders by giving them access to share vital information and intelligence that will assist in crime control”.

The police boss said those arrested include Abdul Mudi, Adamu Faruna, Nuhu Usman, Adaji Akor and Abdullahi Sule, picked up at Anyigba, Dekina local government area of the state, over their alleged involvement in the kidnap of of one Alhaji Musa Oseni from his house at Ofejikpi.

Egbuka said that following credible information received from natives of Aiyetoro Kiri in Kabba Bunu LGA of the state about the activities of suspected insurgents and kidnappers, SARS operatives moved into action and arrested Mohammed Abubakar, Mohammed Adamu, Umar Adamu, Mohammed Umaru and Umar Ibrahim.

Other exhibits recovered from arrested suspects include barretta pistol, Nissan sunny vehicle, Toyota carina car, armoured cables, locally made revolver pistol and substances suspected to be indian hemp.