The Police Command in Kano State has arrested 873 suspects for alleged robbery, kidnapping and other crimes during the just-concluded nationwide #Endbadgovernance protests.
The suspects were paraded before newsmen at the command’s headquarters on Monday in Kano.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Salma Dogo, disclosed that the suspects were arrested in different parts of the state, adding that the arrests were made possible through the command’s efforts to maintain law and order, prevent crime, and protect citizens’ rights to peaceful protest.
He said that the command arrested 600 suspects for various offences and also arrested 150 suspects for violating curfew, 6 suspects linked to masterminding destruction and looting at the Kano State Printing Press.
He said another 76 suspects were arrested for flying Russian flags, including a foreigner who is a tailor, and that two AK-47 rifles and other substantial property were recovered from them.
Dogo further stated that two suspected kidnappers, five suspected armed robbers, eight suspected car thieves were also arrested and one Beretta pistol recovered.
The commissioner of Police said that the command also rescued 13 trafficking victims.
Dogo said that the suspects would be charged to Court upon the completion of investigation and appealed to the public to provide intelligence information to aid in apprehending all criminals.
