Suspected logistics supplier to bandits arrested in FCT
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said it has arrested a wanted notorious supplier of ammunition and logistics to bandits and kidnappers identified as Yau Sule. FCT police commissioner, CP Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi, made this known during a press briefing at the command in Abuja, on Friday. He said the arrest followed a strategic […]
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said it has arrested a wanted notorious supplier of ammunition and logistics to bandits and kidnappers identified as Yau Sule.
FCT police commissioner, CP Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi, made this known during a press briefing at the command in Abuja, on Friday.
He said the arrest followed a strategic intelligence-led operations by the FCT Police Command, which led to the arrest of the suspect, Yau Sule, from Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who had been wanted by the Command since 2023.
He said the suspect was tracked and arrested on the 2nd of June 2026 while on transit along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway.
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Items recovered from the suspect included 81 rounds of 7.62mm live AK-47 ammunition and 100 rounds of 7.62mm belted ammunition for a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG).
According to him, the suspect, wanted by security agencies in several North Central states, also led operatives to the arrest of his sister, Maria Sule, wife of one Buhari Shuaibu, a wanted bandit currently at large and notorious for terrorising communities in the FCT, Kaduna and Niger State.
“While Maria Sule is also involved in supplying ammunition to her brother for onward sale to terrorists and bandits,” the CP said.
He, however, said that preliminary investigations have linked the suspects to a network of logistics and ammunition suppliers supporting bandit and terrorist groups operating in Kaduna, Niger State, and border communities in the FCT.
He also disclosed that three suspected kidnappers were arrested by the operatives of the FCT police VCRU sector 5 and personnel from Zuba division command at Runji village in Zuba, Gwagwalada Area Council of the territory.
The police commissioner said the arrest followed a digital forensic analysis and actionable intelligence led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Ogu Caleb Ikechukwu, on a coordinated operation on the 25th of May, 2026 at about 3:22 a.m., where the three suspects featured in the videos were arrested at their hideout.
He gave their names as Umar Babangida, 25 years old; Adamu Yeti, 22 years old; and Yahaya Idris, 24 years old, all residents of Rijana, Kaduna State.
CP Sanusi, however, said his attention was drawn to videos circulating on social media depicting four unidentified individuals in possession of AK-47 rifles, ammunition, and walkie-talkies, openly brandishing the weapons in videos and pictures dressed in military camouflage.
He explained that he had since directed a detailed forensic analysis into the origin of the content and ordered the immediate arrest of all persons connected to the videos and pictures.