The Nigeria Police Force has arrested six suspects over alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping and armed robbery in separate intelligence-led operations in Kaduna and Plateau States.
The operations also led to the recovery of five firearms and the uncovering of suspected criminal networks allegedly involved in supplying motorcycles to bandits, stealing vehicles and coordinating criminal activities.
The Commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Adamu Muazu, disclosed this on Friday while parading the suspects in Abuja.
According to him, two suspects, Nura Umar and Alhaji Rabiu Aliyu, were arrested in Kaduna State on August 29, 2026, for allegedly supplying motorcycles to bandits. Police recovered an unregistered Honda CV 125 motorcycle from them.
Muazu explained that Aliyu allegedly supplied the motorcycles, while Umar was responsible for delivering them to criminal hideouts.
In another operation, police arrested Abdullahi Abubakar on October 12 in Kaduna over alleged armed robbery and involvement in one-chance operations.
The police alleged that Abubakar strangled his victims before dispossessing them of their valuables. He was reportedly previously convicted and spent 13 years in prison for a similar offence.
Further investigations allegedly exposed a gang leader identified as Boniface, who is currently serving a prison sentence at the Kaduna Correctional Centre but was reportedly directing criminal activities from behind bars.
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Police also recovered two pistols from a location linked to the gang and discovered alleged networks used to sell stolen vehicles through contacts in Kano, Kaduna and the Niger Republic.
Meanwhile, in a separate operation in Jos, Plateau State, three suspected armed robbers and kidnappers identified as Benjamin Okafor, Moses Akintuyi and Emmanuel Megarfi were arrested on November 2.
Muazu said the suspects allegedly robbed a victim at gunpoint, carting away N200,000, an unregistered Toyota Corolla, a laptop, three mobile phones and three ATM cards.
They were also accused of withdrawing N800,000 from the victim’s bank account.
Items recovered during the operation included three locally made pistols, one cartridge and the stolen vehicle.
One of the suspects was reportedly a neighbour who allegedly joined others to sympathise with the victim shortly after the robbery.
The police said investigations were ongoing to identify other accomplices and establish possible connections to additional criminal activities.
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