Notorious Suspected Gang Leader Attack Police Officers With Knife While Attempting To Evade Arrest In Katsina
According to CSP Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesperson, the suspect attacked police officers sent to apprehend him with a deadly knife.
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Umar Abubakar was the suspect.
Police have detained a 23-year-old man who is thought to be the gang leader of a gang that has been terrorizing areas of the Katsina city.
CSP Gambo Isah, the Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesperson, revealed this in a statement on Friday, May 19, 2023. He claimed that Umar Abubakar, the suspect, attacked police personnel sent to apprehend him with a deadly knife.
“On 17/5/2023, at about 2215hrs, based on credible intelligence, the command succeeded in arresting one Umar Abubakar alias Sabon-Sarki, ‘m’, aged 23 years old, of Rahamawa quarters, Katsina, a notorious suspected gang leader of social miscreants (Kauraye), terrorizing Sabuwar Unguwa, Rahamawa, andJanbango areas of the Katsina metropolis,” the statement read.
“A sharp, dangerous knife which the suspect used to attack officers’ detailed to arrest him while trying to evade arrest was recovered. Investigation is ongoing.”