Sokoto police arrest suspected arms dealers, sponsors of terrorism in major crackdown

The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested respective suspects implicit amerciable possession of firearms and alleged links to terrorism.

According to Command spokesperson, DSP Ahmed Rufai, detectives from the State Intelligence Department apprehended Bello Ibrahim, popularly known arsenic ‘Bello Currency’, alongside Alhaji Muhammad Danlato, Alhaji Abun Buhari, Alhaji Faruku Alhaji, and Abubakar Furniture.

Investigations revealed that Bello Ibrahim allegedly sold fabricated revolvers to the others nether the guise of self-defence without valid firearm licenses, successful usurpation of the Firearms Act.

Recovered items from the arrests see aggregate amerciable firearms, 4 rounds of LAR ammunition, and 1 circular of AK-47 ammunition. The suspects were captured during a coordinated cognition successful Tambuwal Local Government Area.

In related operations, connected April 23, 2025, officers from Tureta Police Station intercepted Yau Lawali from Yabawa Village, Bakura LGA, Zamfara State, during a stop-and-search. He was recovered carrying 2 locally fabricated guns and 3 rounds of AK-47 ammunition.

Similarly, connected April 19, 2025, constabulary astatine Kebbe Police Station arrested 3 suspects—Danagaji Bala, Sani Muhammad, and Danjuma from Dogon Marke Village—with a locally made revolver and 19 rounds of AK-47 unrecorded ammunition.

The Sokoto State Police Command reiterated its committedness to protecting lives and property, urging residents to study suspicious activities to information agencies alternatively than taking unlawful actions.