Olaide Oyelude, Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a gang of armed robbers who attacked a 75-year-old farmer, Abdulkadir Mikka, and shot dead one of his children.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Muhammed Wakili, revealed that the syndicate robbed the farmer and killed his son in Burma village in the Funtua Local Government Area of the state.
The police said three members of the robbery syndicate had been arrested.
The suspects were identified as Sani Zubairu, 38; Ma’aruf Lawal, 23; and Ibrahim Hassan, 23, who all lived in Burma village.
The CP, Wakili, said the suspects had confessed to the crime while the police were making further efforts to arrest other fleeing members of the gang.
Wakili said, “On February 9, at about 5.30pm, the police arrested a notorious syndicate of armed robbery and kidnapping suspects. The suspects, armed with AK-47 rifles, attacked the house of one Alhaji Abdulkadir Mikka and shot his son, Rabiu Abdulkadir, to death.
“The suspects have confessed to the crime while effort is ongoing to arrest other members of the syndicate. Investigation into this case is still ongoing.”
Wakili added that the police also arrested three suspected kidnappers, who abducted an eight-year-old girl, Sayyaba Ishiye, from Dadanya village, also of the Funtua LGA.
The suspects are Isah Sani, 25; Abdullahi Salisu, 30; and Babangida Bello, 22, who lived in the Danmusa Local Government Area of the state.
Wakili confirmed that the suspects had made useful statements to the police. He noted that the police in Katsina in the last six weeks had recovered four AK-47 rifles and eight locally-made guns.
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