Police arrest suspected bandit informant linked to Katsina village attack

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper, cattle rustler and bandits’ informant linked to the deadly onslaught connected Sayaya colony successful Matazu Local Government Area.

The Commissioner of Police, Ali Umar-Fage, confirmed the apprehension successful a connection issued on Monday through the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu.

He said the suspect, Surajo Isyaku, 45, was arrested connected May 15 pursuing credible quality gathered by constabulary operatives.

Umar-Fage said the fishy allegedly participated successful the April 5 onslaught connected Sayaya village, during which equipped bandits burnt respective houses and killed a constabulary serviceman attached to the Matazu Division.

According to him, preliminary investigations revealed that the fishy was introduced successful 2024 to a notorious bandit kingpin identified arsenic Bello by different suspect, Babaye, who is presently astatine large.

He said the fishy confessed to engagement successful aggregate kidnapping operations and cattle rustling activities successful the area, adding that ransom payments totalling N7 cardinal were collected from victims.

The constabulary commissioner further disclosed that the fishy allegedly received N900,000 arsenic his s...