Nigerian police patrols during the End Bad Governance protest at Ikeja, Lagos, on August 1, 2024. - Nigerian troops and police tightened security in Lagos and the capital Abuja on Thursday as they prepared for planned protests over the cost of living. Africa's most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira currency after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu introduced reforms a year ago that aimed to revive the economy. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP)
Nigerian police patrols during the End Bad Governance protest at Ikeja, Lagos, on August 1, 2024. - Nigerian troops and police tightened security in Lagos and the capital Abuja on Thursday as they prepared for planned protests over the cost of living. Africa's most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira currency after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu introduced reforms a year ago that aimed to revive the economy. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP)
The Kano State Police Command has arrested 873 suspects for alleged robbery, kidnapping and other crimes during the just-concluded nationwide protests.
The suspects, detained from across the state, were paraded before newsmen at the command’s headquarters on Monday in Kano. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Salma Dogo, disclosed that the arrests were made possible through the command’s efforts to maintain law and order, prevent crime, and protect citizens’ rights to peaceful protest.
He said that the command arrested 600 suspects for various offences during the nationwide protests in different parts of the state.
“We have also arrested 150 suspects for violating curfew, 6 suspects linked to masterminding destruction and looting at the Kano State Printing Press.
“We have also arrested 76 suspects flying Russian flags, including a foreigner who is a tailor, and recovered two AK-47 rifles and other substantial properties.
”Similarly, we arrested two suspected kidnappers, five suspected armed robbers, and eight suspected car thieves as well as recovered one Beretta pistol.” The commissioner of Police said that the command also rescued 13 trafficking victims.
Dogo said that the suspects would be charged in Court upon the completion of investigations.
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