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Police parade 56 vicious bandits, militia arrested in connection with killings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Zamfara


Police parade 56 vicious bandits, militia arrested in connection with killings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Zamfara
In a major breakthrough, the Nigeria Police Force have arrested 56 vicious bandits and Criminal militias responsible for several killings of innocent people, kidnappings, armed robberies, car snatching, cattle rustling and dealing in unlawful possessions of prohibited firearms in Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna state to other villages and towns in Zamfara State.

Police parade 56 vicious bandits, militia arrested in connection with killings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Zamfara

Parading the suspects before newsmen on Thursday, May 10, at the Divisional Headquarters, Katari, the spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, listed them in five groups. See full statement below:
SUSPECTS
1st Gang:
i. Mohammed Rabiu  (Gang Leader) -29Yrs
ii. Ardo Aliyu (Principal Suspect) - 45Yrs      
iii. Four (4) members of the gang were killed by the Police Joint Team in a shootout before the gang leader was arrested.
2nd Gang:
i. Abdullahi Abubakar  -35Yrs    - Gang Leader
ii.Halidu Musa  -34Yrs   - Principal suspect
iii. Mohammed Ruwa  -30Yrs      - Principal suspect
iv. Mohammed Sani  -30Yrs       - Principal suspect
v. Dahiru Yahaya  -38Yrs          - Principal suspect
vi. Mohammed Musa  -30Yrs      - Principal suspect
vii. Samaila Umar -39Yrs             - Principal suspect
viii. Inusa Magauri   -50Yrs          - Principal suspect
ix. Ibrahim Magaji  -29Yrs          - Principal suspect
x. Lawal Dalha    -30Yrs            - Principal suspect

3rd Gang
i. Ibrahim Musa a.k.a Zage  -28Yrs  - Gang Leader
ii. Five (5) members of the gang were killed by the Police Joint Team in a shootout before the gang leader was arrested.
4th Gang:
i.   Lucky John   -29Yrs  - Gang Leader
ii.   Danjuma Biko  -32Yrs              - Principal suspect
iii.   Sedua Augustine  -31Yrs         - Principal suspect
iv.   Surajo Ibrahim  -37Yrs            - Principal suspect
v.   Samaila Adamu   -25Yrs          - Principal suspect
vi.   Joseph Kakuri  -31Yrs             - Principal suspect
vii.   Yusuf Mohammed  -30Yrs                - Principal suspect
viii.   Buhari Auta  -27Yrs                 - Principal suspect
ix.   Usman Wakili  -42Yrs              - Principal suspect
x.   Sani Dangaladima  -43Yrs                - Principal suspect
xi.   Abdullahi Abubakar  -25Yrs      - Principal suspect
xii.   Seun Gabriel -27Yrs                        - Principal suspect
xiii.   Abdulmalik Sani  -22Yrs           - Principal suspect    
xiv.   Danladi Mohammed  -22Yrs     - Principal suspect
xv.   Daniel Ocheku   -28Yrs            - Principal suspect
xvi.   Thomas Osomigbakha  -40Yrs  - Principal suspect
xvii.   Zubairu Usman  -32Yrs            - Principal suspect
xviii.   Ayuba Yusuf  -20Yrs                       - Principal suspect
xix.   Nasiru Danladi  -25Yrs             - Principal suspect
xx.   Abdulrashid Abdulazeez   -28Yrs       - Principal suspect
xxi.   Nasiru Saidu   -22Yrs                      - Principal suspect
xxii.   Iliyasu Aliyu   -49Yrs                       - Principal suspect
xxiii.   Mohammed Mohammed   -19Yrs      - Principal suspect
xxiv.   Umar Mohammed   -18Yrs               - Principal suspect
xxv.   Mati Baso  -25Yrs                    - Principal suspect
xxvi.   Hassan Usman   -32Yrs           - Principal suspect
xxvii.   Gado Salihu  -38Yrs                        - Principal suspect
5th Gang
i. John orkar   -32Yrs               - Gang Leader
ii. Monday okon -29Yrs             - Principal suspect
iii.     Aminu mohammed -27Yrs     - Principal suspect
iv.  Manir abubakar -29Yrs
v.  Haruna Adamu  -26Yrs
vi.     Aliyu Zakaria  -23Yrs
vii.     Dahiru Idris  -30Yrs
viii.     Faruk Umar Ibrahim -35Yrs
  ix.     Mohammed Tahir  -38Yrs
   x.     Nasiru Jibril  -33Yrs
  xi.     Yakubu Gowon -49Yrs
xii.     Bala Adamu  -32Yrs
xiii.     Sani Suleiman -43Yrs
xiv.     Alhaji Abba Isah -23Yrs

Police parade 56 vicious bandits, militia arrested in connection with killings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Zamfara

EXHIBITS
      i.             Three (3) SMG Rifles
     ii.             One (1) Foreign Made AK52 Rifle
    iii.             Two (2) Foreign Made AK47 Rifles
   iv.             Forty One (41) Locally Fabricated AK47 Rifles
    v.             Three (3) Beretta Pistols
   vi.             One (1) Kral Magnun Pistol
  vii.             Seven (7) Locally Made Pistols
viii.             Four (4) Dane Guns
   ix.             Eight (8) AK47 Magazine
     x.             One Hundred and Sixty Eight (168) 7.62X39MM Ammunition
   xi.             One Hundred and Forty Six (146) 7.62 X51MM Ammunition
  xii.             Firearm fabricating implements
xiii.             Assorted Gold Jewelleries worth Sixteen Million Naira (N16,000,000.00)
xiv.             Three (2) Toyota Corolla Cars (Operational vehicles of the Gangs)
xv.             One (1) Pontiac Vibe Jeep (Operational vehicle of the Gangs)
xvi.             One (1) Toyota Camry Car (Operational vehicle of the Gangs)
xvii.             One (1) Volkwagen Golf Car (Operational vehicle of the Gangs)
xviii.             One (1) white Toyota Hilux vehicle (Operational vehicle of the Gangs)

Police parade 56 vicious bandits, militia arrested in connection with killings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Zamfara

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni, on the 2nd of May, 2018 paid an operational visit to Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State to assess the security situation as a result of recent killings of innocent people in the area.
2.      The IGP during the visit approved the creation of One (1) Police Area Command and Two (2) new Divisional Headquarters. He also ordered the immediate deployment of additional Two Hundred (200) Police Personnel and Ten (10) patrol vehicles to beef-up security in Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State to Zamfara to flush out armed bandits in the area.
3.      The IGP consequently deployed Joint Police Special Team comprising the IGP Monitoring Unit, IGP Special Tactical Squad, The Police Special Forces and the Personnel of Kaduna State Police Command under the Supervision of Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State to embark on the operation to rout out all the armed bandits and militias responsible for the senseless killings of innocent villagers in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State and other towns and villages in Zamfara State.
4.      This operation which is still ongoing has been yielding positive results  and culminated in the arrest of the above mention vicious armed bandits and militias terrorizing the areas from Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State to other villages and towns in Zamfara State.
5.      1st Gang
i.             Mohammed Rabiu  (Gang Leader) -29Yrs
ii.           Ardo Aliyu (Principal Suspect) -      45Yrs
iii.         Four (4) members of the gang were killed by the Police Joint Team in a shootout before the gang leader was arrested.

Police parade 56 vicious bandits, militia arrested in connection with killings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Zamfara

This gang led by Mohammed Rabiu was arrested after Four (4) members of the gang were killed by the Police Joint Team in a shootout in the forest at Bawan Daji, Anka LGA in Zamfara State. He confessed to have been responsible for the killing of Forty Six (46) people during the burial of three (3) people that his gang killed earlier in Bawan Daji village in Zamfara State.
Seven (7) AK47 Rifles were recovered from his gang. He will be charged to court on completion of investigation.
2nd Gang
i.               Abdullahi Abubakar  -35Yrs
ii.                 Halidu Musa  -34Yrs
iii.               Mohammed Ruwa  -30Yrs
iv.               Mohammed Sani  -30Yrs
v.                 Dahiru Yahaya  -38Yrs
vi.               Mohammed Musa  -30Yrs
vii.              Samaila Umar -39Yrs
viii.            Inusa Magauri   -50Yrs
ix.               Ibrahim Magaji  -29Yrs
x.                 Lawal Dalha    -30Yrs

Police parade 56 vicious bandits, militia arrested in connection with killings in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Zamfara

Dealers in Prohibited firearms and ammunition. Selling arms and ammunition to the armed bandits and militia gangs operating in Birnin Gwari to Zamfara State. They admitted and confessed to the Police investigation team to have sold over Five (5) AK47 rifles to the armed bandits killing innocent people in the villages in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State to Zamfara State. Twenty (20) locally made AK47 rifles were recovered from them
3rd Gang –
i.             Ibrahim Musa a.k.a Zage  -28Yrs  - Gang Leader
ii.           Five (5) members of the gang were killed by the Police Joint Team in a shootout before the gang leader was arrested.
This Gang led by Ibrahim Musa a.k.a Zage has been on the wanted list of the Police in Zamfara, Niger, Kogi and FCT for several kidnappings, armed robbery and Rape of their victims for some time now. He recently kidnapped a business man and collected ransom of Ten Million Naira
(N10,000,000) after robbing the same victim of seven million naira (N7,000,000) from the victim’s car. Some of his victims have equally id?entified him. Five (5) locally made AK47 Rifles were recovered from the gang.
4th Gang
     i.                Seun Gabriel -27Yrs- Gang Leader
   ii.                  Lucky John   -29Yrs
iii.                Danjuma Biko  -32Yrs
iv.                Sedua Augustine  -31Yrs
   v.                Surajo Ibrahim  -37Yrs
vi.                Samaila Adamu   -25Yrs
vii.                Joseph Kakuri  -31Yrs
viii.                Yusuf Mohammed  -30Yrs
ix.                Buhari Auta  -27Yrs
   x.                Usman Wakili  -42Yrs
xi.                Sani Dangaladima  -43Yrs
xii.                Abdullahi Abubakar  -25Yrs
xiii.                Abdulmalik Sani  -22Yrs
xiv.                Danladi Mohammed  -22Yrs
xv.                Daniel Ocheku   -28Yrs
xvi.                Thomas Osomigbakha  -40Yrs
xvii.                Zubairu Usman  -32Yrs
xviii.                Ayuba Yusuf  -20Yrs
xix.                Nasiru Danladi  -25Yrs
xx.                Abdulrashid Abdulazeez   -28Yrs
xxi.                Nasiru Saidu   -22Yrs
xxii.                Iliyasu Aliyu   -49Yrs
xxiii.                Mohammed Mohammed   -19Yrs
xxiv.                Umar Mohammed   -18Yrs
xxv.                Mati Baso  -25Yrs
xxvi.                Hassan Usman   -32Yrs
xxvii.                Gado Salihu  -38Yrs
The twenty seven (27) suspects listed above were arrested from their criminal hideouts in the Forest between Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, Niger and Zamfara States. They belong to the groups that have been terrorizing travellers and other road users on the road between Niger, Kaduna and Zamfara State. Eleven (11) vehicles robbed from their victims at gun points which they have converted six (6) to their operational vehicles were recovered from them. Twenty locally made AK47 rifles were also recovered from them by the Police team.
5th Gang
i.                   Yakubu Gowon -49Yrs     (Gang Leader)
ii.              John orkar   -32Yrs         (Principal Suspect)
iii.            Monday okon -29Yrs    (Principal Suspect)
iv.               Aminu mohammed -27Yrs
v.                 Manir abubakar -29Yrs
vi.               Haruna Adamu  -26Yrs
vii.              Aliyu Zakaria  -23Yrs
viii.            Dahiru Idris  -30Yrs
ix.               Faruk Umar Ibrahim -35Yrs
x.                 Mohammed Tahir  -38Yrs
xi.               Nasiru Jibril  -33Yrs
xii.              Bala Adamu  -32Yrs
xiii.            Sani Suleiman -43Yrs
xiv.            Alhaji Abba Isah -23Yrs
The above gang were responsible for several armed robberies and other violent crimes within Kaduna and Niger States. They were arrested after they robbed a resident in Minna, Niger State. Gold Jewelleries worth Sixteen Million Naira (N16,000,000) robbed from their victims were recovered from them. They have made useful statements to the Police and confessed to the crime. Some of their victims have equally identified them. They will be charged on completion of investigation.  
6.     The Nigeria Police Force will continue to sustain the tempo of the fight against armed banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, car snatching, cattle rustling, unlawful possession of prohibited firearms and other violent crimes in the country and guarantee adequate protection of Lives and Property.

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