By Abdullahi Jalaludeen
Kano State Police Command has arrested a suspected bandit and recovered an AK-47 rifle with 18 rounds of live ammunition during a follow-up operation in Falgore Forest, Doguwa Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement issued in Kano.
He said the operation was conducted at about 6:30 a.m. on October 18 by police operatives attached to Doguwa Division in collaboration with local hunters, popularly known as Yan Bula.
Kiyawa explained that the operation followed an earlier security breakthrough in which two suspected bandits were neutralised, N10 million ransom recovered and a kidnapped victim rescued in Falgore Forest.
He identified the arrested suspect as Ibrahim Rabiu, a resident of Yardoka Village in Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who was allegedly involved in the kidnapping of Alhaji Kabiru Aliyu of Falgore Village in Doguwa.
According to the statement, the rescued victim identified the suspect as one of his alleged captors who guarded him at night, brought him food and assaulted him while in captivity.
The police spokesman said the suspect had been transferred to the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department, Anti-Kidnapping Squad, for discreet investigation and efforts to apprehend his accomplice, who remained at large.
He quoted the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, as commending the courage and resilience of the Yan Bula hunters for supporting security operations under Operation Kukan Kura.
The command reiterated its commitment to combating banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes, while urging residents to provide timely and credible information to security agencies.
Editing By Godwin Duru
