Kano Police Command Arrests 157 Suspects For Armed Robbery, Thuggery, Drug dealing
By Abdullahi Yusuf
The police command in Kano State has arrested 157 suspects involved in armed robbery, thuggery (Fadan Daba), theft and illicit drug dealings from 17th March 2025 to date.
The command also arrested a 20-year-old man,Umar Auwal, also known as”Abba Dujjal”, for killing three people in parts of Kano and Jigawa states.
Dujjal confessed to all the killings using a knife and also stealing items, including phones and cash.
He then surrendered himself to the police who arrested him for interrogation and investigation.
Addressing a news conference on Wednesday in Kano, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, said the arrests followed intensified intelligence-led joint operations, round-the-clock visibility patrols and initiated strategic partnerships with community members.
“These proactive and collaborative efforts are yielding positive results. Parts of the successes recorded are the breakthroughs that led to the dismantling of criminal networks that specialized in smuggling of firearms in to the state which led to the recovery of nineteen (19) fabricated revolver rifles with one hundred and fourteen (114) live cartridges and six (6) expended cartridges,” Bakori said.
He also disclosed that suspected tramadol tablets worth N150 million were recovered during the operations.
He said firearms, dangerous weapons, illicit drugs and stolen properties were recovered from the suspects.
Such items,the commissioner said, include Two English pistols, 19 fabricated revolver rifles and one fabricated pistol.
Similarly, 117 live cartridges, 6 expanded cartridges,11 live ammunition
Two motor vehicles,Two tricycles and
three motorcycles were recovered from the suspects, Bakori added.