Police arrest 49 suspects in Kebbi, recover AK-47 rifles, rustled cattle

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested 2 suspected bandits and 47 different transgression suspects successful abstracted operations crossed the state, recovering firearms, stolen property, and rustled cattle.

The Commissioner of Police, Umar M. Hadejia, disclosed this portion briefing journalists astatine the Command office successful Birnin Kebbi connected Monday.

He said the operations were carried retired successful collaboration with the Nigerian Army, starring to the betterment of 10 AK-47 rifles, 3 fabricated Beretta pistols, and astir 33 rustled cattle allegedly linked to suspected Lakurawa terrorists.

According to him, connected April 29, 2026, constabulary mobile officers connected patrol on the Bena–Mai Rai Rai roadworthy arrested 2 suspected bandits, Aliyu Hussaini, 23, of Minna successful Niger State, and Sani Abubakar, 28, of Zamfara State.

He said items recovered from the suspects included 36 rounds of unrecorded ammunition, a magazine, a Bajaj motorcycle, N264,000 successful cash, mobile phones, SIM cards, and representation cards.

The commissioner added that the suspects confessed to engagement successful terrorising villages on the axis and are presently in...