The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested 16 suspected bandits, kidnappers, armed robbers and other criminals in its efforts to rid the North-Western states of criminal activities, IgbereTV reports
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mohammed Shehu, who paraded the suspects on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Kolo Yusuf said the suspects were arrested by the police tactical squads in different parts of the state.
He explained that two notorious bandits – Surajo Almandawi and Bage Mohammed – were arrested along Gusau – Funtua Road acting by operatives who acted on intelligence information during a confidence-building patrol.
The suspects, according to the police spokesman, were part of the bandits terrorising villages of Kotarkwashi, Damba and some outskirts of Gusau, the state capital.
“Police Tactical Operatives while on confidence-building patrol along Gusau – Funtua road, acting on intelligence information that led to the arrest of a notorious bandit’s kingpin named Sujora Almandawi as one of the bandits terrorizing villages in Tsafe, Kotorkoshi, Damba and some outskirts of Gusau,” he said.
“Further intelligence information revealed that the suspect was involved in several attacks on villages, Cattle Rustling, Kidnapping and other related crimes along these routes
