Police Parade 45 Boko Haram Terrorists, Kidnappers,  Armed Robbers,  Rustlers, Fraudsters  Arrested in Borno.

From Sadiq Abubakar, Maiduguri

The Borno State Police Command has arrested and paraded 45 suspects involved in Boko Haram terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, rustling, fraud, theft and other crimes Wesneday.

Addressing newsmen at the Police Command Headquarters Conference hall, the Borno State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu Ndatsu said  one Alhaji Goni Mallum Mutti  of Muna Garage, Sheri Area off Maiduguri city was arrested by the Police on 11/03/20 for being a member of the Boko Haram terrorists group.

He added that the suspect confessed that he was a member of the BHTs and saddled with the responsibility of supplying essental commodes and other logistics to the Boko Haram sect and items recovered from him include; N200,000 cash meant for purchase of Foodstuff and other essential commodities.

The CP who was represented by the PPRO, DSP Edet Okon said the items are  five packets of Maggi cubes, two sachets of Dangote salt, ten packets of golden penny sugar, five packets of Dogon Sugar cube, one packet of BUA Macaroni, one solar panel and Saroda solar power kits as well as two rolls of IRS pasta spaghetti among others.

The Commissioner also  said  at about 2000 hours on 03/07/20 four suspects were arrested for kidnapping of one Umara Garba of  Timova Village in Askira/Una LGA of the state but the suspects escaped while the kidnappers were asleep and reported  the matter later which led to their arrest by the police subsequently.

The Police boss added that Abba KaKa Shehu was arrested for criminal intimidation and attempt to extort one Alhaji Bukar Maka of N20 million. The suspect  called and intimidated the aforementioned Alhaji that he was sent from Lagos to kidnap him.

Also, Yusuf Augustine and Rufus James were arrested by the police at Uba town if Askira/Yba LGA for criminal intimidation and attempt to extort  one Nathan Janar of the sum of N1 million. They threatened him that they were going to kidnap him if payment was not made as demanded.

Other kidnap suspects are Hammadu Abba, Isa Malam,  Abdullahi Umar and Usman Manu.

While Ibrahim Garba, Adamu Ali, Abdulrahman Adamu, Musa Inusa, Hassan Wakil and Lawan Hamisu were arrested as armed robbery suspects by the police having conspired and robbed one Iliya Musa of N49,000  while armed with dangerous weapons  between  03/07/20 and 15/07/20.

Other offences include robbing one Abdulkarim Umar of his Keke NAPEP tricycle while being transported to Modusuku in Biu LGA of the state where tyh suspect Musa Inusa repeatedly stabbed the rider before dispossessing him of his tricycle.

Hassan Wakil and Lawan Hamisu conspired with others at large to  rob one Hassan Abdullahi of Bayo LGA  of his motorcycle which he later sold to one Lawan Hamisu for the sum of N70,000. While Babangida Usman conspired with three others at large and robbed one Usman Hussain of his Techno mobile phone with N45,000 and cash of N17,000 on 15/07/20 along Damboa road.

Sani Ali and Waziri conspired  and robbed one Hussaini Bukar of his  Techno phone COPI Handset values at N17,000 in 03/06/20 while Umar Alhassan and Ali Mohammed were arrested by police operatives on 15/97/20 at about 2000 hours in an attempt to rob one Buba Mohammed ir gis Techno Handset

According to him, 2 suspects were arrested at Gubio for rustling 31 cattles belonging to one Goroma Muhammadu and the suspects claimed they found the cows wandering around Diffa  Province  axis of Niger Republic and Mohammed Ubrahim, Ubrahim Kabale and Mumuni Iggi were arrested by the police at Uba town if Askira)Uba LGA  for being in possession of 8 rustled cows.

The suspects confessed they rustled the cows which were 19 in number  from Cameroon Republic. That before their arrest, they have already sold 11 of the cows. While Zarami Mohammed  and Musa Mohammed  being notorious suspects for theft of domestic animals were arrested by police operatives for stealing 4 Rams valued at N230,000 from one Alhaji Modu Chul on 27/7/20 at Subdubura Cattle market.

He said following a tip off, Bunu La