Yobe Police record 152 convictions, arrest 448 suspects in one year

The Yobe State Police Command has recorded large operational successes, with 407 transgression cases handled and 152 convictions secured wrong the twelvemonth nether review.

The Commissioner of Police, Usman Kanfani Jibrin, disclosed this on Thursday during a property briefing astatine the Command Headquarters successful Damaturu.

He said the 407 cases comprised 31 execution cases, 35 rape cases, 8 kidnapping cases, 11 equipped robbery cases and 322 different offences.

“A full of 448 suspects were arrested successful transportation with the assorted crimes.

“152 suspects were convicted, 127 cases are earlier competent courts, 69 cases are pending, 17 lawsuit files are awaiting ineligible advice, portion 42 cases resulted successful acquittal,” helium said.

The CP, portion highlighting cardinal arrests, said operatives uncovered a suspected cause warehouse successful Potiskum, arrested a suspected cause baron and recovered 8 cartons of assorted illicit drugs, 1.5 Ghana-Must-Go bags of Tramadol and Exzol tablets, arsenic good arsenic N835,500 suspected to beryllium proceeds of cause trafficking.

He noted that constabulary repelled convulsive absorption from members of the syndicate and were intensifying efforts to apprehension fleeing accomplices.

“The Command besides carried retired coordinated raids connected transgression hideouts and cause joints successful Jakusko LGA, starring to th...