By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The Kano State Police Command has arrested eight men and two women for allegedly running a syndicate that specialises in hacking into individuals accounts to steal their money.
This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, in a statement issued in Kano.
He said the suspects – Umar Aminu, Muhammad Muhammad, Kabiru Idris, Salim Sani, Umar Muhammad, Yusuf Ibrahim, Aminu Lawan, Jibril Aliyu, Hauwa Abubakar and Aisha Abubakar – were arrested in a hotel in Kano metropolis on July 14, 2021.
The statement said: “On July 14, at about 23:50hrs, a team of policemen led by DSP Kabir Wali working on credible information arrested the suspects in a hotel in Kano metropolis.
“The suspects are Umar Aminu, Muhammad Muhammad, Kabiru Idris, Salim Sani, Umar Muhammad, Yusuf Ibrahim, Aminu Lawan, Jibril Aliyu, Hauwa Abubakar and Aisha Abubakar.
“They all reside in Sheka quarters, Kano and were arrested in connection with electronic card-related fraud,” Haruna-Kiyawa said.
He said that the suspects confessed to hacking various individuals bank accounts and withdrawing various amounts of money.
According to the Spokesman, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Sama’ila Shu’aibu-Dikko, has ordered for discreet investigation into the matter and the suspects would be charged to court after investigations.
Haruna-Kiyawa also disclosed the arrest of 21 armed robbery suspects, seven kidnap suspects, 23 drug dealers, 18 suspected fraudsters, five vehicle theft suspects, 11 cattle rustlers and 140 notorious thugs (Yan daba) in the 44 Local Government Councils of the state.
He said nine locally-made guns, four vehicles and three motorcycles were recovered during the operation, alongside 265 knives, 28 scissors, 80 sharp rods, 145 parcels of dried leaves, 176 mobile phones, six cows and N3 million, among others.
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