Adamawa police operatives arrest 11 suspected Shilla gang members

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command person arrested 11 youths suspected to beryllium portion of a pack of youths notorious for robberies, particularly astir the authorities capital, Yola.

The Command said connected Wednesday that the apprehension was effected connected May 31, 2026, by operatives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) moving with different tactical units nether the directive of the Commissioner of Police, CP Kabir Hassan.

According to the Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, the coordinated raid targeted transgression hideouts wrong Yola North and Yola South Local Government Areas.

The suspects arrested see Aliyu Idris, 18 years old; Mukhtar Abubakar, 28; Amir Dan Asabe, 23; Joel Timothy, 23; Isaac Isah, 26; Hassan Salisu,19; Nyon Ayuba, 32; Saidu Musa, 22; Adamu Yau, 20; Adamu Muhammed, 36; and Nasiru Bala, 20.

“Police investigations linked the suspects to acts of gangsterism, convulsive attacks, unlawful possession of unsafe weapons, arsenic good arsenic the depletion and organisation of illicit drugs,” Nguroje explained.

He listed items recovered during the cognition arsenic knives, daggers, machetes, and cutlasses, each allegedly utilized successful carrying retired crime.

Adamawa constabulary operatives apprehension 11 suspected Shilla pack members