The Police have arrested 295-armed robbery suspects, 186 kidnappers, 271 Murder/Homicide suspects, and 71 suspects for the unlawful possession of Firearms in one month.
Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement issued Tuesday said the police also arrested 199 suspects for sexual-related offences, 143 suspects for cultism, and 1575 suspects arrested for other various crimes.
He added that the police recovered 185 firearms and a total number of 4087 ammunition of various calibres, 111 vehicles were recovered and 129 kidnapped victims rescued.
Adejobi noted: “In more recent events, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have made outstanding breakthroughs in the fight against several types of violent crimes across the country, one of which is the dismantling and arrest of a gunrunning syndicate operating in the Bauchi-Plateau region.”
He noted that the suspects, identified as Taimako Mato; John Danladi; Mohammed Munkail; Manasseh William and Muhammadu Haddi were arrested with 1 PKT Machine Gun, 40 rounds of 37.2mm and 95 rounds of 62mm cartridge ammunition.
Adejobi stressed that the leader of the syndicate, Taimako Mato, was a weapon handling instructor at a Boko Haram Camp, who procured the prohibited weapons and passed them on to the other members of the syndicate to sell to various buyers.