The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested six suspects in reference to armed robbery incidents in Jahun Local Government Area of the state, throughout which money and valuables value thousands and thousands of naira have been stolen.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Lawan Shiisu Adam, disclosed this in an announcement issued to journalists on Monday.
He mentioned the arrests adopted investigations into two armed robbery incidents reported in Jahun on September 24, 2026.
According to the assertion, armed males invaded the residence of a 35-year-old man in Kofar Daru Quarters, Jahun, at about 2 a.m. and stole N20.18 million in money, iTel cell phones valued at N13.13 million, recharge playing cards value N1 million, Android telephones and different valuables.
He defined that the identical gang additionally attacked the residence of a 37-year-old man in Shagari Quarters, the place they stole N45,000, two blankets, rice and a lady’s wrapper.
Shiisu mentioned detectives hooked up to the Jahun Police Division launched an investigation following the incidents, resulting in the arrest of 5 suspects.
The suspects have been recognized as Sale Ibrahim, 25; Abubakar Abdullahi, 28; Babangida Ya’u, 35; Babannan Hassan, 27; and Isah Isibu, 35.
The police spokesperson additional disclosed that on October 15, 2026, operatives of the Maigatari Police Division, working with the Border Patrol Team, arrested one other suspect, Isa Yusuf, 35, from Hantsu village in Miga Local Government Area.
He mentioned the suspect was arrested throughout a routine patrol at Maigatari Market, the place officers recovered 13 new iTel cell phones, 13 chargers, 13 batteries and N102,500 in money.
According to Shiisu, the suspect confessed throughout interrogation on the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Dutse to being a member of the gang accountable for the Jahun robbery incidents.
He added that investigations confirmed that the recovered objects have been a part of the property stolen through the assaults.
Shiisu mentioned the six suspects had been charged to courtroom, whereas efforts have been ongoing to arrest different fleeing members of the gang and get better the remaining stolen property.
