The Niger State Police Command has declared that it arrested 104 suspects over various offences and recovered 672 cattle in four weeks.
Spokesperson for the command, Supol Bala Elkana, while briefing journalists on the achievements of the command in February, consequently listed the crimes allegedly committed by the suspects to include cattle rustling, kidnapping, armed robbery and homicide.
“Other offences included rape and unlawful possession of firearms,” he told newsmen in Minna, adding, “In the month under review, we also recovered a total of 672 cattle stolen from herdsmen.”
The police image maker said that exhibits recovered from the suspects included three AK-47 riffles with 334 rounds of live ammunition, 12 single barrel guns, four locally made pistols and one revolver pistol.
He said, however, that in spite of the arrests, and the recovery of dangerous weapons, the year had been adjudged by the police as the most peaceful, compared to the same period in the past years.
