A 31-year-old Isiyaku Babangida who is said to be one of the most wanted terrorist by the police in Zamfara State has been arrested.
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According to the police, the terrorists and his gang members has been responsible for perpetrating attacks, kidnappings and cattle rustling in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State.
Also, another criminal who has been robbing bank customers of their money and other valuables in Borno, Bauchi, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States was equally arrested by the operatives.
The Public Relations Officer of the Zamfara State Police command, Superintendent Mohammed Shehu paraded the two suspects before journalists on behalf of the commissioner of Police, CP Kolo Yusuf.
He said police operatives acted on intelligence information which led to the arrest of Babangida who hails from Niger State in North Central, Nigeria.
Also, the SP Shehu explained that police operatives received intelligence that bandits’ kingpin Ahlhaji Bello and his gang members attempted to attack some communities in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas of the State, the police tactical operatives quickly mobilized into the areas, where they engaged in a gun battle with the bandits, which their superior firepower forced them to fled into the bush with possible gun shot wounds, abandoning two AK 47 rifles, two fabricated dane guns and two hundred and thirty six 7.62 millimetres live ammunitions.
In another arrest, SP Mohammed Shehu disclosed that the police apprehended a bank robber, Usman Umar male, 39, after its received a complaint from one Nura Umar of the Zamfara State Investment Department who reported that unknown Persons broke the left side of windshield of his Peugeot 406 vehicle, stole his three million, four hundred and seventy three thousand naira and laptop.
The police have recovered the three million, five hundred thousand Naira and the laptop from the suspect, who confessed that he has been perpetrating similar crime in Borno, Bauchi, Kebbi and Sokoto States.
