Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested 11 suspects for alleged criminal conspiracy, thuggery and being in possession of dangerous weapons.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, SP Ahmed Wakil, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, said the arrest was sequel to the earlier warning issued by the command on all forms of celebrations and rallies by political party supporters for or against winners/losers of the just concluded Gubernatorial and state assembly election.
“The tactical teams attached to the command sustained an aggressive stance against miscreants across the state in a bid to curtail breakdown of law and order following the just concluded gubernatorial and state assembly elections,” the statement read.
“Consequently, the crime prevention operations conducted across the state led to the arrest of eleven (11) suspects on the alleged criminal conspiracy, thug and thuggery and being in possession of a dangerous weapon,”
During the raid, the operatives retrieved thirty assorted dangerous weapons.
The suspects arrested are: Uzaifa Abubakar (Damo) 18, Abdulmalik Hussaini (Biri) 18, Abdulmalik Suleiman (Bluetooth) 21, Usman Isyaku (Kanzo) 20, and Naziru Mohammed (Binju) 18, all of Bayan Nitel area.
Others are; Mubarak Yahaya,18, of Doya area, Alyusha’u Sanusi, 25, of Bayan Zannuwa, Ahmad Usman, 28, of Illela, Mubaraq Nasiru,16, of Railway, Idriss Dauda, 22, of Tsohon Kamfani, and Khalifa Adamu, 20, of Danjuma Goje area.
“The aforementioned suspects were arrested wielding dangerous weapons, disturbing public peace and order along Kobi Street, Fada roundabout and Danjuma Goje area of Bauchi metropolitan,” the PPRO added.