The Bauchi Sate Police Command has arrested four suspected members of a syndicate allegedly behind the series of extra judicial killings in the state.
The State Commissioner of Police, Garba Baba Umar, in a statement noted that on 26th May 2017 at about 0600hrs, the command’s Anti Kidnapping Unit following an intelligence surveillance operation smashed a syndicate either known as BABELI and GAMA KAI and arrested the suspects at Runde Mountain Bauchi.
The suspects are: Adamu Abubakar, (52) Gang leader; Muhammad Lawan (52), Ahmadu Gambo (38) and Mohammed Tukur (50), all of Galambi Ward of Bauchi State.
According to Umar, “during my last stakeholders meeting with various Myetti Allah groups in the state, I enjoined them to disclose the identities of the groups allegedly behind series of extra judicial killings of suspected kidnappers and cattle rustlers in the state and they vehemently denied knowledge of such syndicates.
“The groups usually take the law into their hands, go to villages in their hundreds and abduct their victims to unknown destination and kill them extra judiciously on mere allegations. When the situation continued unabated, the command set up a special team with the sole mandate to unravel the syndicate behind these dastardly acts with a view to bringing them to justice,” he explained.
One Musa Umaru (38) of Barnawa village Bauchi whom they abducted with the intent to kill extra-judiciously was rescued while Two (2) fabricated guns were recovered from them.
The commissioner added that, preliminary investigation revealed that the same gang abducted and killed one Tambaya Jauro and one Ahmadu Musa at Miya District of Ganjuwa LGA of Bauchi State on 11/05/2017.
Similarly, the Command also arrested two suspected rapists on 26th May, 2017 at about 0800hrs, following intelligence report – Mahmud Abdullahi, (18) and Abdullahi Mohammed, (19) all of Bauchi town. The suspects had kidnapped a 16 years old girl of Nasarawa Ward who was on her way to school, took her to their hideout behind a mountain at GRA Bauchi and had unlawful carnal knowledge of the victim against her will. One Tricycle with Reg. Number DAS 440 that was used in perpetrating the crime was recovered from them.
While assuring residents of the state of the command’s readiness to fighting and reducing crimes to the barest minimum, the Commissioner however added that the suspects would be charged to Court after diligent investigation.
