Friday, October 31, 2025 - Operatives of the Kebbi State Police Command have arrested a suspected armed robber and recovered a stolen motorcycle in the Gwandu Local Government Area of the state.
The arrest followed a swift operation launched after a
32-year-old man, identified as Umar Mode of Dalijan village, was attacked and
robbed along the Gwandu–Birnin Kebbi Road on October 22, 2025.
The command’s spokesperson, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, said in a
statement on Thursday that the victim was ambushed by a gang of hoodlums armed
with dangerous weapons, who inflicted deep cuts on his head and fled with his
unregistered red Boxer motorcycle and a Tecno mobile phone.
“Acting on credible intelligence, a combined team of
policemen and vigilantes, led by the Divisional Police Officer of Gwandu
Division, tracked down and arrested one Basiru Lawali, 22, of Bancho village in
Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State,” Abubakar said.
He added that police recovered an unregistered TVS
motorcycle from the suspect, who confessed to the crime and named three
accomplices — identified simply as Hassan, Umaru, and Salihu — who are
currently at large.
The suspects were said to have been meeting regularly at the
Dodoru market to plan their attacks.
Abubakar said the case had been transferred to the State
Criminal Investigation Department in Birnin Kebbi for further investigation,
while efforts were ongoing to apprehend the fleeing gang members.
Commending the Gwandu police team for their quick response,
the state Commissioner of Police, CP Bello Sani, urged them to sustain the
momentum and intensify patrols along the Gwandu–Birnin Kebbi axis.
He also advised commercial motorcyclists to be vigilant and
avoid carrying suspicious passengers, particularly at night, to prevent further
incidents of motorcycle snatching across the state.
According to Punch, the Kebbi State Police
Command has recently made multiple arrests and seizures of motorcycles linked
to criminal activity, signalling a persistent issue with motorcycle-enabled
crime in the state.
For example, the police arrested five suspects “supplying
motorcycles to bandits” in Kebbi, uncovered motorcycles intended for bandit use
and attempted bribery during that investigation.
In June 2025, the command recovered motorcycles abandoned
by suspected vandals in Ribah District, again linking motorbike misuse to
broader crime and infrastructure-theft networks in the state.
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