Plateau Police Parades 8 Criminal Syndicates Involved In Culpable Homicide, Stealing, And Murder

Yakubu Busari

About Eight (8) criminal syndicates in Plateau State have been paraded for committing heinous criminal activities of theft, culpable homicide, stealing using fabricated locally weapons to scare their victims

The Plateau state command, JOS CP Bartholomew N. Onyeka, psc(+) press briefing held on Friday 9th  September, 2022 at plateau state police headquarters in , Jos.       

He said under review, the Plateau State Police Command had recorded some operational driven successes in the arrest of criminal elements that are bent on making the job of policing on the Plateau difficult and ensuring that some law-abiding residents of the state experience pain and anguish.

According to him,”their arrest led to the recovery of arms, ammunition and other unlawful implements that aid them in their unlawful trade,”

Speaking on 8 syndicates arrest on armed robbery, on 13/06/2022 at about 1430hrs, ‘A’ Division Police detectives alongside operatives of Operation Rainbow through credible intelligence, nabbed one Yakubu Samuel alias Retired aged 18 years of Angwan Rimi, Rukuba Road Jos, who has been terrorizing his Community with his gang member now at large,he stated.

Onyeka explained that, during his  interrogation , the suspect confessed that he has been robbing unsuspecting members of the public with a locally made pistol. Exhibit recovered from the suspect includes one locally made pistol.

He gave that of culpable homicide On 8th August, 2022 at about 0935hrs, one Aji Sani ‘m’ reported at the station that, his sister, Habiba Suleiman ‘f’ called and informed him that, one Lukman Suleiman ‘m’ fought with her son, Nazifi Ridwan (deceased) all of the same address and hit her son severally with a piece of wooden plank on his head.

” That her son was rushed to the hospital where he later died. That the remote cause of the fight was as a result of accusation by the suspect that, his children stole some money he kept in the room and he was punishing them when a fight ensue between them which led to the death of the deceased”.

According to him,” The suspect was trailed and arrested. He confessed to the crime and the wooden plank was also recovered”.

CP Onyeka added that the second culpable homicide was reported  on 18th July, 2022 at about 2100hrs,” one Mohammed Sa’ad Putkun ‘m’ of Kururuwa area, Pankshin reported at the station that, on the same date at about 2000hrs, his cousin brother, one Benedict Lawrence ‘m’ aged 30 years of Kangvel Pankshin has a misunderstanding over money with one Nanyitwe Emmanuel ‘m’ of new Layout, Pankshin. That the said Nenyitwe Emmanuel stabbed Benedict with a knife on his chest and buttocks where he sustained serious injuries,”.

He noted  that the victim was rushed to the General Hospital, Pankshin for medical attention where he later died while receiving treatment. The suspect was arrested and interviewed where he confessed to committing the crime and one knife was also recovered “

Onyeka emphasized that the criminal conspiracy and theft of tricycle  On the 08/07/2022 at about 1700hrs information gathered by ‘C’ Division lead to the arrest of one Kamalu Usman of Dodo Street Jos in possession of one Bajaj Tricycle with Chassis No. MD2A25BX6MWL72106 and Engine No. A2XWM148967.On interrogation, Kamalu stated that he was on an errand for one Babangida Yusuf aka July of Zololo Junction Jos who gave him the tricycle.

He disclosed that ,the said Babagida Yusuf was later traced and arrested. He consequently confessed that he was given the said Bajaj Tricycle by one Musa SP who is now at large. He was later released to enable him produce Musa SP. On the 29/08/2022 at about 1550hours, the same suspect Babangida Yusuf aka Jully was arrested in connection with a case of Criminal Conspiracy, Shop Breaking and Theft where he confessed to the crime and further revealed that the first allegation of theft of Bajaj Tricycle is true, that he and one Zaidu Abubakar who is also at Large ‘M’ of Congo Russia via Nasarawa Gwong Jos, Stole the said Bajaj Tricycle in Zaria Kaduna State. In furtherance of investigation the owner of the said Tricycle Capt. Adam Usman was contacted.

arrest of suspected cultists/armed robbers, recovery of firearm on 04/09/2022 at about 0929hrs while acting on a credible information from an impeccable source, police operatives attached to ‘A’ division of the Command arrested two suspected Arro cultists namely; Matthew Ayuba, aged 19 years old ‘m’ of Alheri community, Jos and one Samuel Ngbede ‘m, aged 25 years old of Jenta Makeri, Jos.

He revealed that  the duos that are on the wanted list of the police were arrested at Kabong, Gada-biu in an attempt to launch an attack on the community. Exhibits recovered from the suspects upon instant search include one locally made pistol. The police have already launched an aggressive manhunt for other member of the gang still at large.

unlawful possession of firearms On 04/09/2022 at about 1615hrs, intrepid surveillance team from ‘A’ division, through  reliable intelligence arrested one Ezekiel Sunday ‘m’ of Bassa LGA, Jos  with an English made Berretta Pistol loaded with three (3) live ammunition of 99mm calibre. Upon interrogation, the suspect disclosed that one Jonathan (Surname unknown), a retired Air force officer gave him the pistol to repair and that he got the live ammunition during a fight with bandits at Miango axis of Bassa LGa, Jos. Investigation is still on going to ascertain  veracity of suspect’s claims .

He cautioned that his command recovery of stolen vehicles on 22/08/2022 at about 0211hrs, while on a routine patrol and visibility policing duty within their jurisdiction, Police patrol team attached to Kaduna Vom Division recovered a Mercedes Benz car with Reg. No: AGL 846BF belonging to one Mr. Summunti Ayuba Sani stolen by some unknown hoodlums in his compound at Abattoir-Anglo Jos.

In a related development, a J5 Peugeot Boxer with Reg No: XB 432 MSA belonging to one Musa Alhaji Musa was recovered on the 25/08/2022 at about 1500hrs. The vehicle was abandoned by the criminals following the ubiquity of police in every nook and cranny of the area. Investigation is still in progress.

criminal conspiracy and children trafficking On 07/09/2022 at about 1320hrs, while acting on a tip off that two suspected children traffickers were about to be lynched by irate youths of Tudun Wada Community, Patrol team led by Divisional Police Officer of ‘A’ Division, CSP Obinna Simeon immediately moved to the scene and rescued the suspects. The suspects are; (1) Dickson Andrew Ali aged 27 years old and one (2) Matthew Dakum aged 34 years old both males of Tudun Wada, Jos. On interrogation, the suspects confessed that sometimes in month of July, 2022 they were contracted by one  Jennifer ‘f’ (surname unknown) to be abducting and sending children to an orphanage home at Abuja for purpose of attracting funds from NGOs. They further disclosed that they succeeded in sending two boys and a girl to the orphanage and had received the sum of Three Hundred Naira (N300, 000) only for their role. One of the suspects who was injured by the angry mob was treated at the Police Clinic and later discharged. Meanwhile, efforts are on to apprehend Jennifer and the owner of the suspected illegal orphanage home at Abuja.

criminal conspiracy and theft through credible information one Mustapha Haruna ‘m’ of Yanshanu area who was on the wanted list of Police in respect to a reported case of stolen a golf 4 vehicle, was arrested by ‘C’ Division Police operative on 29/08/2022 at 1000hrs in possession of a tricycle with Reg. no. KMC 05 VJX suspected to be stolen. On interrogation, the suspect confessed to have stolen the tricycle from where it was parked at Rigiyan Lemu, Kano State on 27/08/2022. He further mentioned a tricycle painter named Safwan Husseini ‘m’ of Dutse Uku as his accomplished. Base on his confession, the said Safwan was subsequently arrested and on interrogation, he confessed to have repainted the stolen tricycle to distort its original identity. Investigation is still ongoing.              

I want to passionately call on the peace loving residents of Plateau State to continue giving us timely information in order to nip crime in the bud or arrest the criminal elements among them.On our part, I promise that the Command under my watch shall do everything possible to reduce crime in Plateau State to its barest minimum. In conclusion, I want to recognize the sacrifice of members of the fourth estate of the realm towards making our society better and safer. I urge you to crosscheck your facts so that your stories will be balanced and unbiased.