Banditry: Arrested Katsina monarch names villagers working with him

Usamatu Adamu, the Village Head of Unguwan Tambai, Runka in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina, has been arrested for allegedly supplying information to bandits. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, disclosed this while parading 15 suspected criminals in Katsina. Sadiq-Aliyu said the command, while acting on credible intelligence on October […]

Usamatu Adamu, the Village Head of Unguwan Tambai, Runka in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina, has been arrested for allegedly supplying information to bandits.

ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, disclosed this while parading 15 suspected criminals in Katsina.

Sadiq-Aliyu said the command, while acting on credible intelligence on October 3, tracked and arrested the 45-year-old monarch to Sabon Gida village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Sadiq-Aliyu said Adamu was arrested in connection with a suspected case of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping.

“The suspect was arrested after a painstaking investigation following credible intelligence linking him to several kidnapping incidents in Runka, Safana LGA of the state.”

“Preliminary investigations revealed his alleged involvement in the criminal conspiracy and kidnapping of persons, all in Runka town.

“He confessed to the commission of the offence and further mentioned Rabe Sada, (alias BBC), aged 62, and Nasiru Sha’aibu, aged 48, all of Runka village as his accomplices.

“The three were suspended for giving information to one Umar, a notorious suspected bandits’ kingpin hibernating in Runka forest. Investigation is still ongoing,” the police spokesman said in a statement.

Sadiq-Aliyu added that the police, on September 27, arrested a suspected rapist for the brutal assault and attempted murder of a 16-year-old girl at Ambassadors quarters in Katsina.

According to him, the victim was sent on an errand by her mother when the 42-year-old suspect, Usman Mohammed-Iyal, allegedly committed the offence.

He said the suspect threatened and dragged her into an uncompleted building where he violently assaulted and raped the victim.

Sadiq-Aliyu added: “In a desperate bid to conceal his crime, the suspect threw the victim into a nearby well and hurled stones down the well, with an intent to kill her.

“Upon the victim’s disappearance, her father reported the incident at the GRA Divisional Police Headquarters, leading to swift action.

“An investigation was immediately launched, leading to the rescue of the victim from the well and arrest of the suspect.

“The victim is currently receiving medical attention. Investigation is currently ongoing.”