Parading the suspects at the command headquarters, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, said the suspects were arrested for impersonating Assistant Superintendent of Police.
Abubakar said, “On the 7th of February, 2024, the suspects were arrested with six blocks of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
“They were arrested along Dasa village of Dadin-kowa. They were arrested with an ASP identity card with an Army operational cap.”
Also paraded are Yahaya Abdulkadir, Shuaibu Ahmadu, Musa Hussaini, Usman Haruna, Adamu Munkaila, Abdulmalik Mohammed, Dangunde Abba, Abdulsalam Shehu, Abdulmalik Garba, Ibrahim Yunusa, and Babangida Idris, who were arrested for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery.
The PPRO added that one Yahaya Garba had reported that an unknown person robbed him of his Bajaj motorcycle and injured him where one Yahaya Abdulkadir, conspired with one Shuaibu Ahmadu and robbed him; thereby men of the Force responded and this led to the recovery of stolen property, including three Bajaj motorcycles, from the suspects’ residences.