According to the Kaduna State Police Command, several suspects have been detained for a range of crimes, including gun-running, banditry, armed robbery, and kidnapping.
The Command claims to have apprehended a 28-year-old man, Murtala Usman, who is known for supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in a statement released by its Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan.
When the suspect was detained, the police claimed he was going to give the bandits at their camp 200 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.
During questioning, the suspect admitted to having transported four AK-47 rifles to Kidandan within the specified time frame and confessed to doing so during interrogation. He further disclosed that he had given the gun to the bandits in the Kidandan area after receiving them from someone.
Usman Shauibu, 28, was detained by the police in Kafanchan Area Command on Sunday October 19 for allegedly trespassing on a bakery with the intention of robbing the workers.
Before being subdued and apprehended, the suspect allegedly engaged the police officers in a gunfight.
One AK-47 rifle, four rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, four rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, as well as 43 pieces of 9mm Beretta pistol ammunition, were also recovered from the suspect, according to the police.
Additionally, the police worked with community vigilantes to recover eleven cattle that are thought to have been stolen in the Kudan Local Government Area.
In a similar incident, police officers from the Dan Magaji Division in Zaria local apprehended six suspects for allegedly armed robbery, and several firearms and ammunition were recovered from them.
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The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Dan Magaji Division, received reliable information on the suspicious movements of some unidentified people in the Gwargwaje area of Zaria on October 15, 2025, at around 0430 hrs. The DPO dispatched a patrol team to the scene and arrived quickly. Two suspects opened fire on the police officers after they saw the police car and loaded their bags into their heels. The police quickly intervened and engaged them because they were overpowered by the police and had two suspects apprehended.
“One of the suspects, 21-year-old Sadiq Idris “M,” of Kumbotso LGA, Kano State, was detained at the scene while he was being held for having five (5) rounds of live ammunition. A pump action gun and an English pistol were also recovered from the gang.
One Usman Aminu ‘M’, age 21, of Panshekara, Kano State, was also detained while he led the agents to the hideout of his fugdo where they were being interrogated, and nine (9) rounds of.9mm live ammunition were found in his bag.
The arrest of the following additional suspects resulted from a further investigation:
1. 25-year-old Abdulaziz Usman “M” of the United States
Kaduna’s Tudun Wada.
2. Fanshekara, kano, and Jibren yahaya’s “M”
3. 20-year-old Kusfa, Zaria resident Hajara Abdulkarim “F”
4. 18-year-old Kusfa, Zaria resident Fatima Alhassan “F”
According to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, on October 14, 2025, at around 1800 hrs, operatives from Izzam Village, Igabi LGA, in Kaduna State, received a credible intelligence regarding a man who was allegedly in possession of an AK-47 rifle.
The Officer in charge of the anti-Kidnapping Unit led a team of operatives to the location where the suspect was detained as soon as they learned of the intelligence. One fabricated AK-47 rifle was recovered from him during the course of the investigation. In the hope of apprehending other accomplices, investigations are still ongoing.
Source: Channels TV
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