By Abdullahi Adamu Gusau
Zamfara command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a suspected car thief while attempting to sell the vehicle in Gusau.
A press statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASCll Umar Mohammad M. revealed that
Mr. Alkasim Muhammad Kabir ‘M’ (33) an indeginee of Kano, a victim of theft, on Thursday, 12th December, 2024 at around 1530hrs reported a missing Mercedes-Benz C300 with registration no. DAL68HK Kano and two (2) phones (Samsung Galaxy A55 5G & IPhone 12) suspected to be stolen.
Prior to his arrest, tracking revealed a number of locations the culprit transit through before being displaced of the tracker and assumed lost, notably Dayi- Malumfashi- Futua enroute to Zamfara state from Kano state.
Subject to the advert on social media and intelligent reports to the command, the command swiftly identified the situation and apprehended the suspect in Gusau, Sunday 15th December, 2024 at around 1130hrs along sokoto by-pass road in a restaurant close to Masjid Umar Bin Khattab (Masallacin Kanoma).
The suspect, Muhammad Dauda Ismail ‘M’ (30yrs) an indeginee of Dala LGA, Kano state, the Intelligence & Investigations Department of the Corps discovered the stolen car (Mercedes C300), a phone (Samsung Galaxy A55 5G) and hard currency amounting to seven thousand dollars (7000USD) suspected to be counterfeit.
Muhammad Dauda the suspect confessed to be in possession of the items through deceit, he left the owners residence to refil gas (LNG) at a gas plant in Kano but absconded.
He attempted to sell the car and phones in his possession but failed due to lack of transparency and car particulars while he sold the IPhone 12 and tracking confirmed the phone in Lokoja, Kogi state and contacts are in place to retrieve it as the buyer has agreed to return it to the rightful owner.
Investigations are still ongoing, the suspect shall be arraigned before a competent court of law upon completion and we shall keep the press and the general public abreast of further developments in due course.
