On May 1st, 2024, at around 0630 hrs, Sabiu Musa, 45, was apprehended by authorities in connection with an alleged case of armed robbery and car theft.

Following the receipt of a report on the snatching of a Lexus saloon motor vehicle, Ash in colour, with registration number LND 215 GD, at gunpoint in the neighbouring Kano State, swiftly detectives attached to the command swung into action where the said vehicle was tracked down to Katsina-Jiba road. In collaboration with men of the Nigeria Custom Service on duty along the route, the suspect (Sabi’u Musa) was arrested in possession of the suspected stolen motor vehicle.

In the course of investigations, the suspect confessed to being en route to Maradi in the Niger Republic, where he intends to dispose of the said motor vehicle.

Similarly, on April 27, 2024, at about 0830 hrs, information was received at the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU) that one Vibe saloon motor vehicle, white in colour, with registration number DKA 71 PX, was stolen from Kano State.

Quickly, detectives swung into action and succeeded in tracing the motor vehicle to Liyafa roundabout, Katsina, where the duo of one (1) Abdulaziz Ibrahim, m, age 29 years old, and one (2) Haruna Sani, m, age 47 years old, all of Kano State, were arrested in possession of the suspected stolen motor vehicle.

During interrogation suspect confessed to have deceitfully obtained the motor vehicle from the owner and was on his way to dispose same here in Katsina when he was arrested. The investigation is currently ongoing.

ASP ABUBAKAR SADIQ ALIYU, anipr,

POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER (PPRO),

FOR: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,

KATSINA STATE COMMAND.