Nabbed: Wanted robbery kingpin arrested

– Security operatives have arrested a robbery kingpin who for too long has been on the military wanted list

– The wanted robber who is said to be 40-years- old was caught in Niger state

– He is to be handed to the DSS for further prosecution

Liman Muhammad, a 40-year-old armed robbery kingpin on the wanted list of the military in Zamfara and Sokoto states has been arrested by security agents in Niger state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Muhammad was arrested in Keteringi village of Bida local government area of the state, after being on the run for a year.

Mr Iliyasu Bawa, senior special assistant to Niger state governor on security, said the suspect had evaded arrest in the two states.

According to him, the kingpin had escaped from Maradun in Zamfara when military personnel raided his home.

Speaking with newsmen in Minna on Saturday, March 12, Bawa noted that the arrest was through a joint effort between the security men and the Miyetti Allah Kautal-Hore, the umbrella body of Fulanis in the country.

The governor’s aide disclosed that information about the suspect’s whereabouts was released to security agents by a woman.

Bawa said that the after confirming the veracity of the information gathered from the woman from the military in Zamfara, strategies were devised to capture him.

“We were directed by the Niger state government through the Director General Security that the report of cattle rustling in the state was high.

“By this directive, we circulated information to various communities and groups in the state to report to us any information on criminal hideouts.

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“On March 9, I received a phone call from a Human Right Activist in Keteringi that a wife of a wanted armed robber from Zamfara state came to him to report that her husband was hiding in Niger state.’’

Bawa further noted that the umbrella body of Fulanis, confirmed that the suspect “is a notorious cattle rustler. ”

The governor’s aide added that after thorough investigation, Muhammad was arrested on Saturday morning at Keteringi and brought to Minna the state capital for questioning.

He said that the wanted robber would be handed over to the Department of State Security (DSS) for further questioning, after which he will be prosecuted.

In the same vein, men of the Lagos state police command arrested a notorious criminal who confessed that he has been stealing from childhood.

The suspect named Babatunde Ibrahim who is just 28-years-old, was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at the Ikeja Along end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.