Kebbi State Police Command has recorded another major breakthrough in its sustained fight against violent crimes with the arrest of five suspects for criminal conspiracy and banditry.
The Commissioner of Police, Kebbi State Command, CP Bello Sani, told journalists at the Command’s headquarters that the suspects attempted to offer a bribe of six hundred thousand naira to secure their release.
He explained that a joint police patrol, in collaboration with vigilantes and led by the Divisional Police Officer of Kamba, acting on credible intelligence, arrested the suspects identified as Saifullahi Suleiman, Halidu Adamu, Ibrahim Abubakar, and Sani Kabiru.
According to him, all the suspects are from Kamba, Dandi LGA of Kebbi State, in possession of three Honda motorcycles AKA Boko Haram, purchased from Benin Republic, at the sum of Five Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira (#5, 400, 000: 00).
CP Bello added that, In the course of interrogation, it was discovered that, the said motorcycles were meant to be delivered to Lakurawa terrorists group through one Alhaji of Kangiwa town, Arewa LGA of Kebbi State, who is still at large.
Similarly, while the investigation was ongoing, one Mubarak Ladan of Kamba town, approached the DPO kamba, SP Bello Mohd Lawal, with the sum of Six Hundred Thousand Naira (#600,000:00) bribe to truncate Justice, with a view to securing the release of the arrested suspects, hence he was also arrested and recovered the said amount as exhibits.
The CP directed the Deputy commissioner of Police, State Criminal investigation Department (SCID), Birnin Kebbi, to intensify more efforts to track down the remaining fleeing suspects who featured in the case.
He however, appealed to the residents of the state to continue to partner with the police and other security agencies in ensuring crime free environment.
COV/SANI DUTSINMA
