Police Arrests 3 Car Theft Suspects, Others in Niger State

By YM Bina

Niger State Police Command under the leadership of CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, has said that based on intelligence received, Police operatives attached to State Intelligence Department (SID) of the Command arrested two suspects for car theft.

In a statement issued by the command police public Relations Officer PPRO SP Wasiu Abiodun in Minna, noted that the suspects are 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 and he was discovered to have come to Minna 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 bearing 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.

Nura stated that Abdulfatai brought the Corolla vehicle to him on 8th April 2026 and he bought it at the rate of one million, one hundred thousand naira only, while he paid seven hundred thousand naira and promised to pay the balance later.

He further confessed that Abdulfatai told him that he was bringing another vehicle for sale, but he claimed that he does not have the capacity to buy the vehicle for now. However, the suspects are under further investigation, while effort is ongoing to arrest other members of the gang.