KATSINA POLICE ARREST IMMIGRATION OFFICER AND 5 OTHERS WITH 164 SUSPECTED STOLEN CATTLE
Police in Katsina on Thursday arrested a man who claims to be an officer with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) alongside five other men while traveling with 164 suspected stolen cattle.
The arrested men are Abubakar Shafiu, who claims to be a staff of the procurement department of NIS in Abuja, and five others identified as: Mohammad Isah, Ibrahim Mohammed, Idris Mohammad, Usman Mohammed and Saidu Lawal.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Katsina command, Gambo Isah, said the men were arrested by a combined team of the Nigerian Customs and the police at about 1.30 am at Jibia.
Abubakar Shafiu and his five accomplices were apprehended while conveying three truckloads of the suspected rustled cattle.
However, when Abubakar Shaifu was paraded before newsmen on Thursday, he claimed that the five men arrested with him were all his relatives living in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Shaifu, also denied that the cattle were stolen. According to him, the cattle were being conveyed to Potiskum and Bunk Yadi in Yobe State, by their owners as a result of bandits’ activities in Zamfara State.
The police in Katsina say investigations are still ongoing on the matter.
“Investigation is ongoing in this matter; we all know so many cows have been rustled in Katsina and Zamfara States, and precisely, we know that Zurmi is a hideout of so many criminals," Gamboa Isah said.
“We are not relenting, we are going to investigate the sources of these cows and ensure that anyone of the suspects found wanton is taking to court for prosecution,” he added.
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