Kano State Police Command has announced the surrender of a 20-year-old Umar Auwal, who confessed his involvement in violent crimes, including homicides, in the state and its environs.
In a statement, the police spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said the development followed sustained raids conducted by the Command at strategic locations.
The raids were aimed at getting rid of criminals and protecting life and property, during which Auwal decided to confess his crimes.
Auwal, popularly known as ‘Abba Dujal’, a resident of Wudil Local Government Area, confessed he had been involved in a series of culpable homicide, armed robbery, motorcycle and phone snatching etc in different parts of Kano and Jigawa states.
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At Sabon Gari, Dujal said he had stabbed one ‘Boka’ to death and took his Infinix Hot 40i mobile phone, which he sold for N40,000.At Kurna Quarters, Kano, he stabbed another person to death and took his Samsung S26 phone, which he sold for N160,000.In Jigawa State, Dujal confessed to killing a man in Ringim Local Government and carting away his motorcycle, which he sold for N300,000.
Dujal is in custody of the Command’s Homicide Section, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for detailed investigation into the veracity of his confessions and further necessary actions, Kiyawa, a Superintendent of Police (SP) said.
Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, appreciated Umar’s decision to surrender. He urged others involved in similar crimes to also give up.
“Criminals will have no hiding place in the State. They should repent and surrender, as no stone will be left unturned in curtailing criminal activities in the State,” the CP said.
