The police command in Katsina says it has succeeded in arresting two suspects for aiding and abetting banditry and recovered suspected rustled animals from them.

The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

He said the success was recorded in Jibia LGA in collaboration with the Community Watch Corps (KSCWC) and hunters.

“On July 25, 2024, a team of police operatives attached to Jibia Divisional Police Headquarters while on routine patrol in collaboration with the KSCWC and hunters, successfully arrested two suspects, all from Zandam village, in Jibia LGA.

“The suspects were arrested along Magama cemetery in possession of two rams, one sheep, and a goat, suspected to have been rustled,” the command said.

The police added that in the investigation, the duo confessed to having received the rustled animals from a suspected notorious bandits’ leader called Nura of Mazanya village in Jibia, now at large.

The statement said the suspects were on their way to dispose of the animals at Magama market, in Jibia local government.

According to him, the suspects have confessed to have severally received suspected rustled animals from the bandits’ kingpin and disposed of them.

Mr Sadiq-Aliyu confirmed that efforts were being intensified to ensure the arrest of the fleeing suspect while the investigation continues.

He explained that the success was achieved due to the sustained efforts of the command in the fight against armed banditry under the leadership of the police commissioner, Aliyu Abubakar-Musa. 

(NAN)