Kano State Police Command said it arrested a notorious 26-year-old armed robber, Mahmud Ibrahim, terrorizing the state and its environs.
Command spokesperson DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa said in a statement.
He said the suspect was arrested in the Kurna Babban Layi neighborhood in the Dala local government area.
He explained that the police managed to arrest the suspect on Monday after receiving a distress call indicating that a thief armed with a gun attacked a house in the town of Kuyan Ta’inna, Kumbotso LGA, State of Kano. According to him, the team immediately took action and with the help of members of the community, arrested the suspect in possession of a shotgun. He said the suspect was injured while trying to escape and was rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital in Kano, where he was treated and turned over to police for investigation.
Kiyawa said the suspect confessed to committing a series of armed robberies alone for more than two years in Kano and Niger states.“The case has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department for investigation. The suspect will be charged in court at the end of the investigation, ”the statement said.
State Police Commissioner CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko thanked the good people of Kano State for their continued support and cooperation.
He urged residents to continue to pray and report incidents to the nearest police station and not take the laws into their own hands.