55 suspects arrested over thuggery, restiveness as police recover weapons in Niger

Sunday, April 6, 2025 - Niger State Police Command has arrested a total of 55 suspects over alleged resurgence of thuggery and youth restiveness in Minna metropolis immediately after the Sallah celebrations.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun in a statement said following recent resurgence of thuggery and restiveness, the Command re-strategized and carried out sting operations in some locations in the metropolis.

He explained that on 4th April, 2025 at about 2am, a total 19 suspects, including two for aimed robbery were nabbed during sting operations led by Area Commander Minna within Angwan-Daji and its environs.

Suspects arrested include:

Habibu Ibrahim 22yrs
-Aminu Umar 17yrs
-Dahiru Abdullahi 17yrs
-Abba Alhassan a.k.a Mulala 22yrs
-Shamsudeen Ibrahim 24yrs
-Abubakar Bawa 20yrs
-Abdul Talib Siri-siri 20yrs
-Umar Adam 17yrs
-Mustaphaa Haruna 25yrs
-Sadiq Salamu 21yrs
-Abdullahi Sabo 21yrs
-Sadiq Yakubu 17yrs
-Bashir Nuhu 20yrs
-Shaibu Bawa 18yrs
-Mohammed Mustapha 20yrs
-Umar Haruna 17yrs
-Uzaifa Bello 18yrs, and two others for armed robbery
-Ismaila Abubakar 20yrs
-Abdulrahman Adamu 21yrs

According to him, earlier on 3rd April, 2025 at about 2.30am, 23 suspects were arrested at a hotel within Tunga with shisha smoking apparatus and other illicit drugs and cannabis