No fewer than 26 persons, including an Almajiri school teacher, have been arrested by the Sokoto State Police Command over alleged homosexuality, murder and other crimes.
Addressing newsmen, on Monday, in Sokoto, Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Kaoje, said the suspects were apprehended at various locations in the state between May 24 and May 26.
CP Kaoje said the suspects were arrested following intensified patrols by the police and tip-off from good Samaritans.
He said the Amajiri school tutor, Mutala Maude, was arrested for allegedly engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with six of his male students.
Kaoje said that Maude, a resident of Arkilla Magaji area in Sokoto metropolis, has about 60 Almajiri students in his school and was arrested following a tip-off from officials of the National Human Right Commission.
He also said that two other suspects, Hali Custom and Muhammad Dan’Yamai, were arrested for allegedly being in possession of different consignment of substances suspected to be Indian hemp.
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He added that 12 other suspects were apprehended over alleged possession of cutlasses, knives, swords, axes allegedly used to perpetrate various crimes.
The Commissioner said three persons, Zakariyya Sani, Umar Hassan and Hamza Sama’ila, were nabbed over multiple breaking and theft cases. He added that items worth N4.5 million were recovered from them.
According to the police chief, the two of the suspects had confessed to committing the crimes.
Kaoje said two others, Ali Ukawa and Musa Bajini were arrested for allegedly arming themselves with cutlasses and inflicting injury on one Alhaji Katu of Maikaza village in Goronyo Local Government Area.
He added that six vigilance group members popularly called ‘Yansakai were arrested over the alleged killing of one Muhammadu Kadade of Jigawa village in Kebbe LGA.
