…arrest 23 others for criminal activities
By Friday Adaga.
Adamawa State Police Command has paraded about 8 suspected “Shila” boys as well as 23 other suspects nabbed for various criminal activities. These suspects were paraded for various crimes ranging from culpable homicide, domestic violence, rape, causing grievous hurt, criminal conspiracy, and kidnapping amongst others.
According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nguroje, the Command recovered one (1) Toyota starlet car (blue), five (5) locally made single barrel guns, eight (8) handsets, three (3)matchets, one (1) laptop, Tiger Generator, a dagger, two (2) live cartridges, MP3, torchlight, and hard drugs from the suspects.
Parading the suspects, the Commissioner of Police, S. K. Akande, said that the police operatives drawn from Crack Squad, Special Rapid Squad, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and Divisional Police headquarters of the Command carried out tactical and intelligence-driven dusk to dawn raid of the criminal hideout and arrested the suspects. He added that tremendous achievements were recorded during the week under review and vowed not to relent in combating crime in the society, and that the State is calm at the moment due to extensive patrols being carried out by the operatives of the Command.
On the menace of “shila” boys, he disclosed that the Command will do everything possible to know who started “Shila” activities and who is currently behind them. He however lamented the rising cases of domestic violence and culpable homicide and appealed to the general public not to relent in reporting such cases to the police.