- Safiu Kehinde
The Yobe State Police Command has nabbed four suspects over alleged child rape, assault on a police officer, and unlawful possession of firearms.
This was confirmed in state issued on Saturday by the Police spokesman, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, in Damaturu.
According Abdulkarim, operatives of Nguru Division arrested two suspects: a 25-year-old Jarma Hussaini Adam and 16-year-old Mohammed Abdusalam,both of Sabon Garin Kanuri, Nguru Local Government Area.
The suspects were arrested over alleged attack on Cpl. Amani Ali while on guard duty at the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, on Friday.
Abdulkarim said the officer was found unconscious and bleeding, with his rifle stolen, before a tactical operation led to recovery of the weapon, magazines, and knife jacket.
“The injured officer is recuperating, while the suspects remain in custody,” he added.
He described the incident as an affront to the Police Force, stressing that the command viewed such attacks as criminal acts and assaults on constituted authority.
In a separate case, Abdulkarim said personnel of Damaturu ‘A’ Division arrested a suspected armed herder, Ibrahim Alhaji Ahmadu, 24, of Dusuwa Village, on the 22nd of September.
The suspect was arrested after a farmer reported that a herder trespassed on his farm and allegedly threatened him with a firearm.
Abdulkarim said a shotgun and live ammunition were recovered from the suspect.
Similarly, Potiskum Division operatives arrested a 19-year-old Dahiru Ali of Hayin Kwari for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl in the Mutawassada area of Potiskum.
“Investigations revealed that the suspect earlier defiled another three-year-old in the same neighbourhood. He confessed to the crime,” Abdulkarim stated.
Yobe Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ado, condemned the acts and reaffirmed the command’s zero-tolerance stance on criminality.
The commissioner urged parents and guardians to monitor their children and appealed to residents to support police efforts with timely and credible information.