Police arrest suspects over alleged extortion, drug, theft in Yobe raids

The Yobe State Police Command said it has arrested respective suspects successful abstracted operations implicit alleged extortion, drug-related offences and theft crossed the state.

This was disclosed successful a connection signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Yusuf Adamu Aliyu, connected behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Usman Kanfani Jibrin.

According to the statement, the arrests were made done intelligence-led policing, associated operations with sister information agencies and sustained patrols aimed astatine dismantling transgression networks.

The bid said a nonmigratory of Baimari, Goni Abdullahi, reported to the Violent Crimes Response Unit (VCRU) successful Damaturu connected August 16 that helium had received threatening telephone calls and was allegedly forced to wage N130,000.

Following an investigation, operatives arrested 32-year-old Auwal Mallam Ari of Goneri Hamlet successful Yunusari Local Government Area.

During interrogation, the fishy allegedly confessed to the transgression and revealed that helium and his accomplices had earlier extorted N500,000 from different nonmigratory of Goneri.

The constabulary said Ari a...