The Bauchi State Police command has rescued about one hundred (100)
hostages including One Engr. Ali Usman of PHCN Abuja just as it arrested
over Eighty Eight (88) Suspects including of Fifty Nine (59) suspected
kidnappers and Fourteen (14) Armed Robbery suspects.
Addressing the
press, the police commissioner, Zaki Ahmed, said the suspects have
volunteered very useful information to the Police regarding their
nefarious activities and level of involvements.
The police boss
disclosed that seventy One (71) suspects were charged to Court while
Thirteen (13) others are under investigations.According to him, the
proactive steps taken by the command through robust synergy with other
security agencies, vigilante groups and other stakeholders has continued
to yield positive results.He said the command has recovered two (2) AK
47 rifles eleven (11) dane guns, five (5) single barrel guns, two
locally made revolver pistols with seven round of 9mm live ammunition
Five (5) fabricated pistols and two fabricated Guns.Other exhibits
recovered, according to the commissioner, included one (1) laptop, nine
handsets (9) , fifty three wraps of dry leaves suspected to be Indian
hemp, one (1) Knife, one (1) DVD player, One (1) television, twenty one
solar batteries stolen from MTN Mast. He said the command, following
intelligence report recently foiled an attempted jail break and arrested
one Mal.Mahmud Tanimu who had concluded plans with his accomplices to
break the Bauchi Federal prison in order to free his brother who is
standing trial in a case of terrorism.
“The Command has
maintained a synergy and robust Inter agency co-operation with a view to
sharing intelligence to assist in combating crimes. Equally, tremendous
efforts are made in collaboration with all major stakeholders to get
valuable information which after evaluation can be used as actionable
intelligence that can assist in fighting crime in the state.
“The
whole idea is to nip in the bud these emergent trends of crime
presently bedevilling the State due to influx of suspected Cattle
Rustlers, Kidnappers and Insurgents and other misguided elements from
the neighbouring states” he added.The Commissioner assured members of
the public that the command is fully committed and battle ready towards
ensuring safety and security in the State and urging residents to “feel
free to come forward with any reasonable information and be rest assured
that it will be treated with outmost confidence”.