Police arrest hoodlums terrorising Kano metro

The Kano State Police Command has arrested three persons suspected to be members of a group of hoodlums terrorising the Kurna Tudun Fulani area of the metropolis. Spokesman of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, told City & Crime news that operatives of the command made a breakthrough in busting the criminal gang on February […]

Police arrest hoodlums terrorising Kano metro

The Kano State Police Command has arrested three persons suspected to be members of a group of hoodlums terrorising the Kurna Tudun Fulani area of the metropolis.

Spokesman of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, told City & Crime news that operatives of the command made a breakthrough in busting the criminal gang on February 8 and 9, which led to the arrest of the three suspects.

He identified the suspects as Anas Yahaya, 20, of Dan Rimi Quarters, who was arrested on February 8 while on another robbery operation; and Ahmad Ali, 21 and Inyas Aminu, 20, both of Zage Quarters, who were arrested on February 9.

Kiyawa said the suspects have already confessed to have carried out several previous operations in the Kurna Tudun Fulani area and other areas in the metropolis, with the operations causing grievous injuries to several residents.

He said the investigation is ongoing and effort is in top gear to arrest other members of the syndicate and bring them all to justice.

City & Crime News had reported how hoodlums in their large number have been rampaging several areas in Kano metropolis with one of their latest operations penultimate Monday in Kurna Tudun Fulani area of Ungogo LGA resulting in the amputation of a limb of one of the residents and several others with varying degrees of injuries.