ARREST OF FIFTY SIX (56) VICIOUS BANDITS AND CRIMINAL MILITIAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL KILLINGS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, 

PARADE OF SUSPECTED BANDITS/MILITIAS
MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN THE ARREST OF FIFTY SIX (56) VICIOUS BANDITS AND CRIMINAL MILITIAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL KILLINGS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, KIDNAPPINGS, ARMED ROBBERIES, CAR SNATCHING, CATTLE RUSTLING AND DEALING IN UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS IN BIRNIN GWARI AREA OF KADUNA STATE TO OTHER VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN ZAMFARA STATE BY ACP JIMOH MOSHOOD, FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER AT DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, KATARI, KADUNA STATE ON 10th MAY, 2018.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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)

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.
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

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​