Police arrest two suspected kidnappers, cattle rustlers in Yobe

Two suspected notorious criminals linked to kidnapping, equipped robbery, cattle rustling and different organised crimes person been arrested successful a large cognition by operatives of the Yobe State Police Command.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this successful a connection issued connected Thursday.

According to the statement, connected July 15, 2026, operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), acting connected credible intelligence, arrested Kollo Kashim, 19, of Sabon Garin Guba, Bursari Local Government Area.

“Preliminary probe revealed that the suspect, alongside Modu Bayama and Ba’ani Mallah, who are presently astatine large, conspired to terrorise herders by disguising themselves arsenic Boko Haram terrorists.

“The suspects reportedly equipped themselves with a woody makeshift gun, carried a insubstantial bearing Arabic inscriptions, and demanded amerciable levies from herders portion pretending to beryllium insurgents.

“The suspects extorted a full sum of 2 100 and fifty-three 1000 naira (N253,000) from 4 antithetic victims”, the connection added.

During the operation, a woody makeshift gun, a insubstantial containing Arabic inscriptions, and the sum of N36,000, believed to beryllium portion of the proceeds of the crime, were recovered from the suspect.

“Investigation is ongoing to apprehend the fleei...