Police nab suspected cattle rustlers in Bauchi
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a group of suspected cattle rustlers in the Ningi Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Ahmed Wakil, said police received intelligence about a suspected gang of cattle rustlers operating near Maikwangi village in Ningi LGA. According to him, a team of detectives […]
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The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a group of suspected cattle rustlers in the Ningi Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Ahmed Wakil, said police received intelligence about a suspected gang of cattle rustlers operating near Maikwangi village in Ningi LGA.
According to him, a team of detectives from the Ningi Divisional Police Headquarters, in collaboration with other security agencies, acted on the tip to arrest two suspects and recovered 10 cattle believed to be stolen.
The arrested suspects were identified as Umar Usman (24) and Auwal Mohammed (22), both residents of the Magana district in Sabo LGA, Kaduna State.
The command said the suspects confessed to being cattle rustlers, admitting that they had stolen the recovered cattle about a month earlier from a Fulani settlement in the Gwamnare bush area of Maikwangi village.
Wakil has urged the public, especially residents of the Gwamnare bush area, to help disseminate this information to locate the rightful owners of the recovered cattle. T
He said investigation is ongoing, and the suspects will be charged in court once profiling is complete.
Wakil also disclosed that police arrested a group of armed robbers who had stormed homes in the Madina quarters and Fadaman Mada areas of Bauchi.
The group, numbering about 20, was armed with guns, machetes, knives, and sticks, and they robbed residents of their valuables.
He said a team of detectives from the C Divisional Police Headquarters, led by the Divisional Police Officer, responded to the scene with help from community members.
‘’Upon seeing the police, the robbers fled. Police later discovered that one Jamilu Usman (35) and nine others had been robbed of items including 14 mobile phones, two televisions, two male gowns, and ₦100,000 in cash.
Soon after, during a patrol, detectives arrested one of the culprits, Ahmed Hassan (20), of the Tirwun area in Bauchi, who was found with a stolen Gionee mobile phone. Following his arrest, the suspect identified his accomplices, leading to the apprehension of three other suspects: Ismail Isah (18), Uzaifa Abubakar (19), and Abdulhamid Idris (20).
The PPRO said several items were recovered from the suspects, including a locally made revolver gun, 7.62mm live ammunition, a knife, a short Dane gun, two machetes, and a torchlight.
He said the suspects confessed to being responsible for various armed robberies in the Bauchi metropolitan area.