Bauchi Commissioner of Police parades suspects, recover arms, tasks public on information sharing

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By Ude Ogbonnaya Israel, Bauchi

The Commissioner of Police Bauchi State Command, Auwal Musa Muhammad says the information by the public to the police remains critical in flushing out criminals and other bad elements in the society

CP Auwal gave this indication Friday during a press conference where suspects apprehended with illegal firearms, kidnappers and those for culpable homicide including a female were paraded.

He credited the arrests to a collaborative and harmonious joint operations with other sister security agencies and quasi-security outfits, which have substantially contributed to achieving relative peace and stability in vulnerable communities in Bauchi State.

The Commissioner warned that those in possession of illegal firearms will be charged to court and those engaging in different forms of criminal activities and kidnapping cases will not go unpunished whenever apprehended.

The CP re-echoed that the Command is poised to flush out criminal elements in Bauchi state and encouraged the masses to feed her with relevant information without fear for the good and sanity of the communities and state at large.

Providing some details of the suspects and the crime committed, the CP said, “On October 18, 2024, the Command, acting on actionable intelligence, apprehended Abdullahi Ibrahim, a 42-year-old male, for illegal possession of two AK-47 rifles and three hundred forty-three rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition with one magazine.

The suspect claimed that he acquired the firearms from his deceased uncle for self-defence and protection of their livestock, at the cost of two hundred fifty thousand naira (N250,000) for the rifle and one hundred thousand naira (N100,000) for sixty-five rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. He stated that the remaining ammunition was abandoned by a fleeing bandit in the vicinity of their village after a confrontation”.

He adds that the suspect further admitted that his uncle had informed him of the prohibited nature of the firearm and advised that it be concealed.

CP Auwal further said that, “several daring operations were conducted in mid-2024 across the Ningi axis. Operatives attached to the Ningi Area Command engaged suspected kidnappers in the villages of Balma, Dogon Ruwa, Lumbu, and the Burra mountain area, all situated within the Ningi Local Government Area.

“During the encounter, the superior firepower of the operatives resulted in the neutralization of six hoodlums, while several others scampered in disarray into the bushes, possibly with gunshot injuries.

“Consequently, the following items were recovered from the suspects: two AK-49 rifles, one FNC rifle, one locally-made single-barrel gun, fourteen rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, three (3) magazines and eighty sheep”.