IGP’S SQUAD SMASHES CAR SNATCHING GANG, ARRESTS 29 SUSPECTS, RECOVERED 12 EXOTIC CARS

The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, concerned about reports of car hijacking and removal of vehicles from where packed by unknown person(s) ordered a crackdown on criminals responsible for car hijacking and stealing nationwide.

Consequently, IGP’s Special Tactical Squad swung into action and arrested 29 suspects from different states of the federation and also recovered 12 exotic cars. The operation will be sustained to cover the entire country.

S/NO.	NAME OF SUSPECT(S)	STATE SUSPECT(S) ARRESTED
i.	Abdulazeez Sani      (M)	Kano State
ii.	Sanusi Hassan,          (M)	Sokoto State
iii	Abdullahi Musa aka (Sabo)  (M)	Plateau State
iv	Masa’ud Muhammad    (M)	Kano State
V	Inusa Ishiaku,                (M)	Zamfara State
Vi	Samila Abdulkareem     (M)	Kaduna State
Vii	Mohammed Zaiyanu       (M)	Kano State
Viii	Mohammed Sani Tukur    (M)	Kaduna State
ix	Zaiyanu Sanusi  Hassan,   (M)	Sokoto State
X	Tukur Ibrahim            (M)	Kaduna State
Xi	Musa Salisu                (M)	Kano State
Xii	Magaji Saidu              (M)	Kaduna State
Xiii	Saidu Garba aka (Katako),  (M)	Kano State
Xiv	Bature Alhaji Haruna       (M)	Kogi State
Xv	Abduibassi Umar             (M)	Kano State
Xvi	Lawal Adamu                   (M)	Kogi State
Xvii	Haruna Danladi             (M)	Kano State
Xviii	Orodu Jeremiah            (M)	Delta State
Xix	Sadam Husaini               (M)	Kano State
Xx	Adamu Rabiu                 (M)	Kogi state
Xxi	Nasiru Abbah                  (M)	Plateau State
Xxii	Bello Magaji                     (M)	Kogi State
Xxiii	Shahu Alhassan aka Nasara   (M)	Plateau State
Xxiv	Emavwoyan Christopher         (M)	Delta State
Xxv	Abubakar Abdullahi aka         (M)	Plateau State
Xxvi	Ummar Hamza aka Papa          (M)	Kogi State
Xxvii	Suleiman Aliyu                            (M)	Plateau State
Xxviii	Shehu Alhassan                           (M)	Kogi State
xxix	Hamza Dauda                             (M)	Plateau State

                       

                           EXIBITS RECOVERED                                                        

S/N	VEHICLE MAKE	REG. NO.	CHASSIS NO.	COLOR
i	TOYOTA COROLA MODEL 1983	BUU 567 TG	JTILOAE820020578	LIGHT GREEN
ii	PEUGEOT 206	NIL	VF32AWFZE40911994	ASH
iii	HONDA (DC)	TRN 704 SY	18GCM56836A046647	BLACK
iv	TOYOTA CAMRY LE	KMK 108 AQ	4T1BG22K4WU386224	WHITE
v	MERCEDES 4MATIC	NIL	WDBRF6IJ42F200992	BLACK
vi	HONDA CIVIC	BU 669 EKY	JHMEK355005108661	ASH
vii	HONDA ACADEMIC	CU 518 APP	18GCD5650VA012475	BLACK
viii	GOLF 3 WAGON	RBC 416 JT	MVWZZZIHZWBO61315	DARK BLUE
ix	HONDA CIVIC	NIL	ZHGEJ6675WH519691	ASH
x	HONDA CRV JEEP	NIL	JHLRD1852VC054054	GREEN
xi	HONDA ACADEMIC	LKJ 182 AC	IHJCZ5608VA268268	ASH
xii	HONDA ACADEMIC	AG 280 KJR	IHGD5650TA073077	RED

2. Members of the public are hereby advised to check through the above listed recovered vehicles for possible identification and provide proof of ownership to enable them reclaim same. The recovered vehicles are currently in safe keeping at the IGP Special Tactical Squad on Heinous Crime facility at SARS premises old Abattoir Guzape District, Abuja

3. Meanwhile, in a related development, the Inspector-General of Police’s Special Tactical Squad working on intelligence sourced in Kogi and Edo States, arrested eight suspects in connection with Kidnapping, Armed robbery and Cattle rustling in the two States. Three (3) AK 47 riffles and one hundred and forty seven (147) rounds of ammunition were recovered from them. All the suspects confessed to the crime and have admitted to the various roles they played in the commission of the offence. They will be arraigned in court at the close of investigation.    

4. While commending the officers and men of the Special Tactical Squad for the high level of professionalism displayed in the course of the operation, the IGP assures members of the Public that the force is being repositioned with modern crime fighting techniques to tackle crime and criminalities in the country.