Kaduna State Police Command, northwest Nigeria, on Friday paraded 20 persons suspected to be members of robbery gangs terrorising the state for the past three weeks.
Parading the suspects at the Kaduna Police Headquarters, the State Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu said the arrest of the suspects was a major breakthrough recorded by the Command this year.
Addressing pressmen, the police boss narrated that on the 10th of June 2015, detectives of anti- Robbery Squad led by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Lawal Abdullahi arrested Umar Usman who is said to be a ring leader of different gangs who specialized in armed robbery, arm manufacture and supply as well aas car snatching at gun point in Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara states and Abuja.
He also disclosed that the suspect named 13 members of his gang and this led to their arrest.
The arrest, which was made on 29 July, 2015 he said, followed a a tip-off by some good citizens to the police command at Kafanchan area.
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