From: Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Niger State Police Command has arrested three suspects for car theft in Niger state.
The police in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO SP Wasiu Abiodun in Minna, said they were arrested based on intelligence received by Police operatives attached to State Intelligence Department (SID) of the Command.
It noted that those arrested included; Abdulfatai Abdulganiyu 49yrs of Hotoro, Kano and Nura Umar 28yrs of Low-cost area Bida.
The intelligence received indicated that Abdulfatai is a suspected member of a car theft syndicate that came from Kano with a stolen vehicle.
The suspect was later trailed to a hotel along Mandela road, Minna, where he was arrested with a Honda CRV vehicle with Reg. No. ABJ 529 DE.
During interrogation, he confessed that the vehicle was stolen in Kano, and it was given to him by one Musa Abdulrazak.
He added that he took the vehicle from Musa at flyover in Kano on Monday 13th April 2026 and he drove to Minna on Tuesday 14th April 2026 to locate a buyer.
“A preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had contacted Nura Umar in Bida to purchase the said vehicle.
“Nura was immediately arrested by the Police in Bida, and he was also found with a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg. No. Kaduna MKA 461 MZ.
