Commissioner of Police( CP), Kano, Mr Mohammed Usaini Gumel has said that the command has arrested no fewer than 22 armed thugs in connection with unrest in Dorayi area, Gwale Local Government area of Kano state.
This was just as the Command, however, warned that anybody or parents who attempted to come forward for bail of the arrested person would be arrested while calling on the residents to instead help them with relevant information that would lead to arrest of the remaining thugs.
Making this known, during a stakeholders meeting with residents of area over recent thuggery activities and assault on innocent indigents of the area, the CP, said the 22 persons in police custody have helped to identify other 30 persons whom the command is inviting over to surrender themselves or be arrested.
He however debunked a video going viral of a youth who was seen stabbed in his stomach with a knife which came out from his back, saying it is untrue and not in Dorayi neither is it in Kano.
“We carried out investigation and we discovered they are armed thugs. And we have arrested 22 in connection with the uproar. They are in the custody of the Criminal Intelligence Department, CID where they are undergoing discreet investigation. They have so far identified 30 other persons in connection to the attack.
According to him,” Let me warn that anybody who attempted to come forward to seek bail for the arrested persons should also be arrested.
“Let me assure you that this will be the end of the activities of these thugs. That people should about with their normal activities and worshipers should come out to perform the prayers as we are ready to embark on patrols and provide adequate security.
The CP also stated; “As regards to call for the establishment of anti-daba division, I have already deployed personnel to be posted to the area to man the anti-daba and anti-robbery division”.
Speaking earlier, the various community leaders who took turns to address the gathering, appealed to the Commissioner of Police on the need to establish an anti-daba division in the area to find a lasting solution to thuggery in the area.
