Police arrest 44 suspects in Gombe raid

The Gombe State Police Command says it has arrested 44 suspected criminals during its raids connected known transgression hideouts crossed Gombe metropolis.

The cognition was carried retired arsenic portion of efforts to tackle thuggery, cause maltreatment and different convulsive crimes successful the state.

Speaking astatine a property briefing connected Wednesday, the Commissioner of Police, Umar Chuso, said the raids were portion of the command’s transgression prevention strategy.

He besides announced the motorboat of the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), a programme aimed astatine educating residents, particularly young radical astir the dangers of cultism, cause maltreatment and different transgression activities.

According to Chuso, the inaugural follows the imaginativeness of the Inspector-General of Police to fortify intelligence-led and community-based policing.

He said the run would absorption connected schools and communities to promote liable behaviour and trim crime.

The constabulary commissioner explained that the large cognition took spot connected Tuesday evening erstwhile information operatives raided respective identified transgression hideouts successful Gombe metropolis.

“In a bid to combat the menace of cause maltreatment and thuggery, connected July 7, 2026, astatine astir 6:30 p.m., coordinated associated raid operations targeting identified ...