Cattle thief buys N470,000 AK47 rifle; goes on shooting rampage
A 25-year-old suspected armed robber and a cattle rustler, Ibrahim Umar, better known as as Oro, a resident of Yankuzo Village in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State says he acquired an AK47 rifle for N470,000 to aid his cattle rustling operations.
Umar confession came after after he was paraded alongside 17 other suspects for various crimes at the Katsina police command headquarters on Wednesday.
The Commissioner of Police, Katsina State, Besen Gwana, said Umar had voluntarily confessed to being a member of a 15-man armed robbery/cattle rustling gang hitherto operating in Katsina and Zamfara states.
Umar was said to have displayed special skills in arms handling before the police.
He was also said to have confessed that he participated in more than 30 different armed robbery/cattle rustling operations both in Katsina and Zamfara states.
The commissioner of police said Umar equally confessed to killing four persons during operations at a village in Gusau, Zamfara State.
Two of his brothers, Haladu Rabiu, 15 and Rabi’u Yahaya, 20, were said to have been killed through accidental discharge.
