The Bauchi State Police Command has detained a 30-year-old guy who is an expert at stealing motorcycles.
The suspects, Bello Mohammed alias Faruk Manja, a resident of the Bakaro neighbourhood of the Bauchi metropolis, and Kabiru Danfulani, who is now at large, have been committing their evil actions for more than four years.
In a statement made available to state press, Ahmed Wakil, the police public relations officer for the Bauchi state command, claimed that the suspect admitted to stealing over 20 motorcycles with his companion (Danfulani) over the course of the investigation.
Wakil, a superintendent of police, claimed that the two-man gang had been terrorising the states of Yobe and Bauchi.
He claimed that the suspects unlawfully planned together to rob a resident of Old Airport Road, GRA, of his N640,000 Honda Civic and skeleton motorbike.
He claimed that when the victim reported the event to the police, they swiftly acted and apprehended them as they attempted to flee in the stolen car.
The Command has detained a two-man motorbike theft gang that has operated in Bauchi and nearby states for roughly four years.At around 6:30 a.m. on August 24, 2023, a male named Aliyu Muhammad Gidado of the old Airport Road GRA in Bauchi reported to the B’ Divisional Police Headquarters in the city of Bauchi that at around 4 a.m. on the same day, he discovered that Bello Mohammed, also known as Faruk Manja, a male (30), of the Bakaro area of Bauchi, and Kabiru Danfulani, a male of Muda Lawal
“Upon receiving the complaint, a team of detectives lead by the DPO B’ Division, CSP Holman Simon, immediately sprang into action and informed other Police patrol teams/divisions both inside and outside the State of the event.
After that, while attempting to flee in the stolen car along the Maiduguri-Bauchi route, police officers assigned to the Soro Division under the command of SP Aliyu Goni, the division’s DPO, stopped the car and detained one of the offenders.
“During interrogation, the first suspect voluntarily confessed to having been a motorbike thief for about four years and approximately stole 20 Jincheng robber motorcycles and carried such menace in different areas of Bauchi and Yobe States, respectively,” he said. “The second suspect is currently at large.
He stated that while an investigation is ongoing and attempts are being increased to apprehend the other evading accomplices, the suspects’ stolen car and wrecked motorbike have been seized from them. The suspects would then be charged in court, he added.43
