The Kano State Anti-Drug Abuse and Trafficking Committee has arrested a 27-year-old man, Ishaq Lawan Ibrahim, popularly often called Malam Keya, over allegations of sponsoring violent gang actions in Dala Local Government Area of the state.
The suspect, a local of Yalwa in Dala, was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following an intelligence-led operation by officers of the committee.
According to a press release by the committee, Malam Keya was allegedly concerned in financing and coordinating assaults by rival gang teams, which reportedly resulted in lack of lives and disrupted peace in elements of Dala.
The assertion mentioned the suspect fled Kano after safety businesses intensified their crackdown on gang actions in areas together with Jakara, Madigawa, Yalwa, Sanka, Kul Kul, Dogon Nama, Kukar Bulukiya, Shatsari and Dandalin Turawa.
It added that operatives of the committee, led by CSP Bashir Gwadabe, tracked him to Port Harcourt, the place he was apprehended and subsequently introduced again to Kano for additional investigation.
The committee’s chairman, Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, mentioned safety businesses would proceed pursuing people suspected of financing violence, no matter the place they fled.
He said that the suspect was in police custody and can be charged in court docket after the conclusion of investigations.
The committee additionally urged residents to assist safety businesses by offering helpful details about actions able to threatening peace and public security within the state.
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