Police raid miscreants hideout in Niger, arrest 19 suspects

….recover dangerous weapons 

By Daniel Ebi,  Minna 

The Niger State Police Command  has swoop on miscreants and arrested a number of them disturbing the peace of Minna metropolis and recovered dangerous weapons. 

The Police offensive against  the thugs, and  miscreants who have a renew attack on unsuspecting residents of the state capital. 

Youth restiveness and thuggery  witness a resurgence  in Minna, the State capital immediately after the Sallah celebration. 

The State Command Police Spokesman,  SP Wasiu Abiodun in a release disclosed that , the  Command re-strategize and carried out sting operations in some locations in the metropolis.

“On 4th April, 2025 at about 2am, sting operations led by Area Commander Minna within Angwan-Daji and its environs, nineteen suspects were arrested as follows; Habibu Ibrahim 22yrs, Aminu Umar 17yrs, Dahiru Abdullahi 17yrs,
Abba Alhassan 22yrs, Shamsudeen Ibrahim 24yrs and  Abubakar Bawa 20yrs.

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Othres include; Abdul Talib Siri-siri 20yrs,Umar Adam 17yrs, Mustaphaa Haruna 25yrs, Sadiq Salamu 21yrs, Abdullahi Sabo 21yrs among several others.

Also cooling their heels in Police cell  are Sadiq Yakubu 17yrs, Bashir Nuhu 20yrs,Shaibu Bawa 18yrs,Mohammed Mustapha 20yrs,Umar Haruna 17yrs, Uzaifa Bello 18yrs, and two others for armed robbery smaila Abubakar 20yrs and
Abdulrahman Adamu 21yrs

Earlier on 3rd April, 2025 at about 2.30am, twenty-three suspects were arrested at a hotel within Tunga with shisha smoking apparatus and other illicit drugs and cannabis, while thirteen others were arrested within the community with dangerous weapons.

All suspects are under investigation in SCID Minna. However, monitoring and raid of criminal hideout continues, while normalcy has been restored in the affected parts of the metropolis. 

Meanwhile,  on  Saturday  the 5th of April,  at about 11.30pm, information was received from Barkin-Sale area of Minna that some miscreants were fomenting trouble, and operation flush moved in immediately, six miscreants were arrested;

They were arrested with a cutlass and a   sharp knife. They will be moved to SCID Minna for further investigation and prosecution.