ANAMBRA POLICE ACTION ON THE CULT CLASH THAT RESULTED IN THE FATAL INJURY OF FOUR PERSONS AT AFOR NAWFIA MARKET. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 ANAMBRA POLICE ACTION ON THE CULT CLASH THAT RESULTED IN THE FATAL INJURY OF FOUR PERSONS AT AFOR NAWFIA MARKET The Anambra State Police Command wishes to provide a comprehensive update on the cult-related attack that occurred on the evening of 7th December 2025 at Afor Nawfia Market, along the Onitsha–Awka Old Road. It will be recalled that operatives of the Command attached to the Special Anti-Cult Squad, Enugwu-Ukwu, had, four days earlier, acting on credible intelligence about a planned rival cult confrontation, arrested two dangerous suspects and recovered a firearm from them. The arrested suspects have been assisting the Police with valuable information aimed at preventing further cult-related violence within Awka and its environs. Despite these proactive efforts by the Command operatives, some members of the same gang, on the evening of 7th December 2025, operating in a black Lexus Jeep with registration number yet unknown, stormed Afor Nawfia Market and opened fire indiscr...

POLICE IN KANO ARREST 3 NOTORIOUS TRANS-BORDER CRIMINALS, RECOVER STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 KANO STATE POLICE COMMAND

27TH JULY 2025


                      PRESS RELEASE


POLICE IN KANO ARREST 3 NOTORIOUS TRANS-BORDER CRIMINALS, RECOVER STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE


The Kano State Police Command has arrested three notorious suspects in connection with a car snatching incident. On 7th July 2025, at about 01:45 pm, a report was received from a car dealer, Abdulqadir Abdurrahman, a male resident of Gadan Kaya Quarters, Kano, about a notorious thief and car snatcher, Shamsu Yusuf, popularly known as "Chitta". The suspect approached their car stand, disguised as a car buyer and snatched a gold-colored Toyota Corolla 2013 model from Bashir Ridwan of Dangari Motors at Gadon Kaya Quarters, Kano, while on a test drive.


2.  Following a coordinated tactical operation, operatives from the Command's Special Intervention Squad (SIS) led by CSP Rabiu Gidado arrested the principal suspect and his two accomplices on 17th July 2025. The accomplices, Bashir Ladan, a 40-year-old male from Shagari Quarters, Katsina, and Suleiman Muntari, a 41-year-old male from Tudun Matawalle, Katsina State, were arrested in Katsina State. The stolen motor vehicle, which had been sold in the Niger Republic, was recovered.


3.  The principal suspect confessed to a series of car thefts, including the theft of a GLK Mercedes car of recent. Investigations are ongoing.


4.  The Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, PhD, sfipma, mnim, mnips, commended the operatives for their professionalism and dedication to duty. While calling on car dealers to be wary of such criminal activities, he assured the public of the Command's commitment to protecting lives and property in the State.


5.  The Command urges everyone to continue providing useful information to aid in the fight against crime. In case of emergency or to report suspicious activities, the Kano State Police Command can be contacted through the following numbers: 08032419745, 08123821575, 09029292926.


SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, ANIPR, MNISMA,

Police Public Relations Officer,

For: Commissioner of Police, 

  Kano State Police Command.

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