The new police commissioner in Jigawa has pledged to rid the state of kidnappers and armed bandits.
Mr. Rasheed Akintunde, newly deployed Commissioner of Police in Jigawa, has vowed to rid the state of kidnappers and hoodlums.
Akintunde made the pledge Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse.
He
said barely five days after assumption of duty in the state, the Gwaram
police Division and Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) deployed from the
state police command headquarters, dislodged a six-man gang of
kidnappers and hoodlums terrorizing people of Gwaram Local Government
area.
He
said the police had received a distress call from a Fulani settlement
that some hoodlums had stormed their community, harassed innocent people
and kidnapped a girl.
The commissioner
stated that upon receipt of the report, a combined team of regular
police men and SARS in Gwaram swung into action, rescuing the girl and
apprehending five suspects.
According to the commissioner, the suspects have confessed to have hand in all kidnappings that have taken place in the area.
He
said the sum of N132, 140. 00, two locally made guns, four GSM handsets
and two Airtel SIM packs, were recovered from the suspects.
The
commissioner further stated that on Nov.17, 2016, some people attacked a
37 year-old man, Ali Muhammad, of Jiba Vilage of Dutse local
government, inflicting serious injuries on him.
“When
the victims raised alarm, the suspect took to his heels but on receipt
of the report, police commenced investigation, leading to the arrest of
one of the culprits who is now assisting us with information on others,” he said.
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