Ninety three persons suspected to have actively participated in the recent killings in Kaduna State have are now in the Police custody.
Force spokesperson, acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja, on Monday.
He said 43 of the suspects were being prosecuted while 50 were still in police custody adding that investigation was being intensified to arrest other suspects still at large.
It would be recalled that following the killings in Kaduna, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, had deployed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7, Taiwo Lakanu, to lead a police intervention force to the state to ensure that normalcy return to the area.
Moshood disclosed that the force, in collaboration with other security and safety agencies, would continue the confidence building patrols throughout the state and sustain the normalcy that had been restored.
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“The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim K. Idris, has directed Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7 to meet with all the stakeholders in the state to give peace a chance and sustain the normalcy that have been restored,” he said.
Moshood also revealed that the force had arrested 18 suspects across Kaduna, Niger and Katsina states for kidnapping, armed robbery and car snatching. He said that items recovered from them include: Five AK47 rifles, one locally made pump action rifle and 105 AK47 ammunitions.
According to him, the suspects on Aug. 12 kidnapped Abdulbasir Jargaba in Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State and robbed him of valuables. The suspects also kidnapped Jargaba’s eight-year old son for 11 days and released him after collecting ransom, he said.
The police spokesperson disclosed that following the incident, the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Unit Strike Force trailed the suspects to their hideout in Birnin Gwari and arrested them adding that, “They have also confessed to be responsible for the recent cases of kidnapping and armed robbery in Katsina State and its environs.”
He said that all the suspects would be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.
