Five fake police officers arrested in Kano

By Bashir Bello, KANO

The Kano State Police Command said it has arrested a notorious syndicate of 5 fake constabulary officers who are fond of extorting their unsuspecting victims.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna, who confirmed the development, said the suspects paraded themselves arsenic constabulary officers utilizing the fake constabulary warrant paper to extort guiltless citizens and perpetrate the nefarious activities.

SP Haruna said the syndicate carried retired their nefarious activities successful Kano, Katsina, and Kaduna States.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) further identified the syndicates to see Aliyu Abbas, Sani Iliyasu, Ashiru Sule, Abubakar Yahaya and Adamu Kalilu.

According to him, “On 16th October 2025, astatine astir 1:00 pm, operatives from the Command’s Special Intervention Squad (SIS) acted swiftly and arrested the suspects portion parading themselves arsenic constabulary officers.

“The suspects were recovered successful possession of respective incriminating items, including a fake constabulary warrant card, handcuffs, 2 1000 5 100 (2,500) successful CFA, mutilated naira notes of antithetic denominations, and their operational vehicle, a bluish Peugeot 406 with registration fig NSR-188-BD.

“During the investigation, the suspects confessed to engaging successful a bid of impersonations, admitting to utilizing the fake constabulary warrant paper to extort guiltless citizens and perpetrate different nefarious activities successful Kano, Katsina, and Kaduna States. They volition beryllium charged to tribunal upon completion of the investigation.

“The State Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, reaffirmed that the Command is committed to upholding instrumentality and bid and volition not tolerate immoderate signifier of transgression impersonation oregon amerciable activities.

“The Command urges members of the nationalist to stay vigilant and study immoderate suspicious activities to the nearest constabulary station,” SP Haruna stated.

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