*KANO STATE POLICE COMMAND DIARY*
*22ND FEBRUARY, 2022*
*PRESS BRIEFING BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, KANO STATE COMMAND, CP SAMA’ILA SHU’AIBU DIKKO, fsi AFTER SPENDING ONE YEAR IN OFFICE*
*CP Declares Total War Against Thuggery (Daba) and Drug Abuse (Kwaya)*
*Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press;*
All thanks and glory be to Almighty Allah (SWT) for giving me the opportunity to Stand before you to brief you on the security situation of Kano State exactly one year after I briefed you here on 22/02/2021.
2. When I assumed duty as the 42nd Commissioner of Police of Kano State on the 19th February 2021, there were security challenges. These Include, threats of Kidnapping and Armed Robbery along our Seventeen (17) front-line border Local Government Areas, Thuggery (Daba) and Drug Abuse (Kwaya) within eight (8) Local Government Areas of Kano Metropolis and reports of Domestic Violence in Nineteen (19) Local Government Areas that are neither in the Metropolis nor the border of the State.
3. Having obtained briefs and guide from my predecessor, AIG Habu A. Sani, psc, and after having meeting with my Departmental Heads and Divisional Police Officers, the State was critically analyzed, carefully studied, demographically crime-mapped and under the guidance of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Alkali Baba Usman, psc(+), NPM, fdc, an action plan was designed to effectively police Kano State.
4. The following anti-crime strategies were carefully designed and implemented within the period under review;
Robust Community Policy Engagements
ii. Sustaining the Operation Puff Adder that is based on Rapid Response to Distress calls.
iii. Intelligence-led Policing
iv. Visibility Policing
v. Television, Radio and Social Media Public Enlightenment Programs
vi. Adherence to the ethics of the Force
vii. Synergy with other Security Agencies.
5. In line with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Community Policing engagements were intensified. On arrival, I paid courtesy call on His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kano State, DR Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, OFR (Khadimul Islam), Our Royal fathers, the Emirs of the five Emirate councils and other security agencies in the State. I visited Area commands and Divisions and assessed the level of compliance by Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers on my directives and by extension, the directives of the Inspector General of Police on Community-based Policing. With Community Policing initiatives and engagements, the Command was supported by individuals, groups and organizations. Some of which include;
i. Number of vehicles donated = 21
ii. Number of vehicles refurbished = 28
iii. Number of buildings renovated = 11
iv. Number of offices furnished with furniture = 8
6. The Public Relations Department of the Command continue to perform it’s function. A vibrant Social-Media section was strengthened. Radio, Television and Social Media Programs were conducted weekly to promote policing activities and sensitize members of the public on peace and peaceful coexistence.
7. Kano State Government under his Excellency, DR Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, OFR made remarkable contributions towards improving community policing on the command’s crime fighting efforts, with expansion of Digital Radio Communications and installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) monitoring platforms and logistics. He directed Local Government Chairmen through the Honourable Commissioner for Local Governments to buy Vehicles for their respected Divisions, and also directed MD KAROTA for refurbishing of Operational Vehicles of the Command.
8. In line with the Inspector General of Police directives, mission and vision on Operation Puff Adder, the Command in continuation of it’s efforts to rid Kano State of all forms of crime and criminality arrested Two Thousand Six Hundred and Six (2,606) suspects for major crimes from 19/02/2021 to 19/02/2022 as follows;
ARREST
Two Boko Haram (2) Suspects
Two Hundred and Sixty Four (264) Armed Robbery Suspects
One Hundred and Forty (140) Kidnapping Suspects
Twelve (12) Human Trafficking Suspects
Eighty Eight (88) Suspected Rapists
Thirty Four (34) Suspects for Culpable Homicide
Twelve (12) Suspects for Running Illegal Rehabilitation Center
Eighty Nine (89) Suspected Fraudsters
Thirty-Three (33) Suspected Cattle Rustlers
One Hundred and Seventy-Nine (179) Suspected Drug Dealers
Ninety Three (93) Motor Vehicles Thieves
Fourteen (14) Motorcycles Thieves
Fifty Eight (58) Tricycles Thieves
One Thousand Five Hundred ans Seventy-Six (1,576) Thugs (‘Yan-Daba).
RESCUE
One Hundred and Sixty (160) Victims of Illegal Confinement
Forty (40) Kidnapping Victims
Nine (9) Human Trafficking Victims
Two (2) Victims of Solitary Confinement.
RECOVERY
Seventy Three (73) Rifles, including one (1) SMG, One (1) AK-49 Six (6) AK-47, One (1) type-06, Four (4) Pistols, Fifty-Nine (59) locally made Guns, One (1) Pump action, two (2) toys and thirty (30) Rounds Live Ammunition.
One Hundred and Twenty-Nine (129) Motor vehicles
One Hundred and Seven (107) Tricycles
Sixty-Four (64) Motorcycles
Three (3) Bicycles
Fifty Two (52) Cattle
Nine (9) Sheep
Eight Hundred and Seventy-Four (874) Knives
Ninety Three (93) clubs (Gora)
Six (6) Cutlasses
1,042 packets of Tramadol valued N29,754,000.00
Fourteen (14) Cartons of Fake Drugs valued 2, 400,000.00
Fifty (50) bags, Five Hundred and Ninety-Nine (599) parcels of Dried Leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp valued N22,261,000.00
Four (4) bags of codeine syrup
Seventy Four (74) packages of Red Solutions
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-Seven (1,747) packets of Exol tablets valued N51,045,000.00
Seventy-Five (75) catons of expired Diclofenac tabs
Four Hundred and Eighty-Three (483) pieces of suck and die.
Three Thousand and Eighty-five (3,085) packet of Diazapam tablets.
One Hundred and Forty (140) sachets of Rapanol tablets
One Hundred and Fifty (150) bottles of Codeine
Thirty Five (35) pieces of volume-5 tabs.
Seven Hundred and Fifty Two (752) Mobile Phones
Twenty Two (22) ATM Cards & Five Packet Air conditions
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighteen (1,718) Sim cards
Thirty Two (32) Jerry-cans of fuel PMS.
Four (4) Improvised Hoax Explosive Device (IED)
Four (4) Computer Laptops and Two (2) Solar panels
One Hundred and Fourteen (114) Expired Mina-Mina sweet condensed Tin-milk etc
9. We have already set an action plan of the year 2022. The strategy in place is yielding positive results and will be maintained. The Command will continue to intensify Community Policing engagements and utilize various Community Policing structures for Public enlightenment and sensitization.
10. Finally, I wish to appreciate the Government and the good people of Kano State, Sister security Agencies and our Community Policing stakeholders, including Traditional Rulers, Religious leaders, The Media, Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Civil Liberty Organizations (CLOs), Youth Organizations, Special Constables, Vigilante Groups, etc, for their prayers, support, encouragement and cooperation. We will continue to ensure that crime and criminality are checked and Kano State becomes a heaven of sort for law abiding citizens.
*Thank you and God Bless.*