Police parade 16 suspected criminals in Katsina

 

The Katsina State Police Command paraded sixteen suspects on Monday, including two accused kidnappers.

Usman Abubakar, 22, and Yusufa Ibrahim, 30, were seized on 9th February, 2022, following phone calls they made to one Abdulbasiru Salisu of Shema village in the state’s Dutsinma Local Government Area, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah.

Salisu was allegedly intimidated by the suspects to put N250,000 into a bank account number or risk being abducted, according to the PRRO.

He added that the suspects were later traced and apprehended.

According to the PRRO, “They (suspects) confessed to the crime and other similar offences. Investigation is ongoing.”

He further explained that the six other suspects alleged to have been arrested with items suspected to be weed were also among those paraded.

Isah also explained that four members of a syndicate of burglars, alleged to be terrorising Katsina and its environs and three others described as brigands were paraded.

He assured that all the suspects would be arraigned as soon as investigation is completed.