Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - The Niger State Police Command has arrested a vigilante, Shuaibu Rabiu and two others for conspiracy, housebreaking and theft.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who
disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, July 29, said one power generator, 30
handsets, SIM cards and 145 wraps of cannabis were recovered from the
suspect.
“On 17th July, 2025 at 9.30am, a report of house-breaking
and theft was received at Maje Div, from Kaduna Road that unknown persons broke
into a dwelling house and made away with one unregistered Jincheng motorcycle,
power generator and other items,” the statement read.
"The following day, the generator was traced to the
room of a neighbor known as Baban-Rimi presently at large.
"The room was later forced open by his guardian and the
generator was recovered.
"In the course of investigation, three suspects were
arrested in connection with the crime; Shiaibu Rabiu 26yrs of Hayi-Kaduna,
Shamsudeen Isah 24yrs of Deidei, FCT and Ahmad Hussain of the same Deidei,
Abuja.
"During investigation, based on credible intelligence,
Shuaibu Rabiu was arrested as a vigilante member of the community, and on
reasonable grounds of being a collaborator to the gang.
"In the course of interrogation, he mentioned
Shamsudeen as one of the syndicate members, while Ahmad Hussain was equally
arrested as a receiver of stolen items.
“They confessed further to other incidents house-breaking
and theft, and mentioned Buhari Jaguar, Dan-Boko as part of their receivers.”
"Items recovered include; one power generator, Thirty
handsets, eight SIM cards, two solar batteries,145 wraps of cannabis, 10
bottles of codeine syrup, face masks and other items.
“However, the suspects are under investigation, effort is
ongoing to arrest others fleeing members and recover more of the stolen items,”
the PPRO added.
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