The Niger State Police Command has arrested a sexagenarian and four other suspects for offences bordering on theft, cybercrime, among others, in multiple operations across the state.
The Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Abiodun noted that the sexagenarian, Mohammed Sani, was arrested on October 12 during a police and vigilante patrol with a suspected stolen motorcycle.
“The suspect was arrested at Tugan-Kawo village in the process of stealing a Bajaj motorcycle. He was found with a bunch of motorcycle keys which he used to steal motorcycles.
“He confessed to the crime and the owner of the motorcycle was later identified, while the suspect was charged to court for prosecution,” he added.
The PPRO noted that on October 16, 2025, at about 6 p.m., a patrol team on routine patrol along Kaduna Road intercepted one Victor Ugwu in a public argument with one Peter of the same area.
He added that when questioned, Peter stated that within last year, he contacted Victor to link him with one of his colleague at work.
“Surprisingly, Victor chose to dress like a lady, took self-pictures and forwarded them to Peter through social media, requesting money. During investigation, a search was conducted in Victor’s house; a wig and female clothes were recovered.
“He confessed that he shared the pictures with his contacts on Facebook and TikTok for a dating scam, and to also achieve one thousand viewers and followers for monetisation. Case under further investigation,” the spokesperson stated.
In another update, Abiodun noted that a distress report about a phone-snatching syndicate operating within the Kure Market led to the arrest of three suspects, Hassan Abdullahi, Abubakar Ali, and Kalipha Bashiru.
In another operation, Abiodun noted that on October 16, 2025, at about 7 a.m., a report at Maje Division indicated that a white Golf vehicle with number plate RSH 442 FD was stolen by an unknown person from where it was parked at Hayin-Kaduna.
“The police patrol team of the Division mobilised and embarked on a search for the vehicle along Maje-Dikko Junction to Kaduna Road.
“Fortunately, the said vehicle was found abandoned along Kaduna Road and it was recovered to the Police station.
“The complainant was contacted, and he confirmed the vehicle to be the stolen vehicle. Investigation is ongoing to identify the perpetrator,” Abiodun concluded.
This is not the first time, the Niger State Police Command has arrested suspects in multiple raids.
DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS reported on October 13 that the command arrested four suspects in separate incidents of motorcycle theft in Minna, the state capital.
Abiodun had stated that the arrests followed coordinated operations by officers attached to the Central Police Station and other tactical units.
