By Musa Ubandawaki

SOKOTO—Sokoto State Police Command has arrested 575 suspects for various offences, as part of efforts to ensure safety, security of citizens and upholding the values of justice, fairness and accountability.

The state Commissioner of Police in a statement, said, “I am confident to state that the police have made significant efforts in reducing the aforementioned crimes to the minimum. We have implemented innovative strategies to tackle emerging security challenges, fostered stronger community partnerships, and enhanced welfare and training programs for our officers and men”.

According to the statement, the command had during the year 2024 under review deployed a number of measures to enhance safety that include, Effective crime control, Civil disorder control and Reduction in fear of crime and crime perpetrators, Intelligence led Policing, Community Policing, Visibility Policing, Adherence to the ethics of the Force, Synergy with other Security Agencies and Respect for the rules of law.

“It is gratifying to mention that the above mentioned strategies yielded fruitful results in such a way that, the Command made significant strides in a notable increase in arrests and recoveries. In the year 2024 Sokoto state Police command was able to arrest 575 suspected criminals for major crimes from January to December of the year under review”.

The statement further stated that among the suspects arrested, 51 suspects were arrested for Armed Robbery while another set of 51 suspects were arrested for kidnapping while nine suspects were arrested for Rape. 129 suspects arrested for Culpable Homicide.