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The Kano State Police Command has confirmed that a 20-year-old suspect, Umar Auwal, popularly known as ‘Abba Dujal,’ voluntarily surrendered and confessed to a series of violent crimes, including multiple homicides in Kano and Jigawa states.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said Auwal’s surrender followed intensified clearance operations targeting criminal hideouts across the state.
According to the statement, the ongoing raids were part of efforts to eliminate criminal elements and enhance public safety. Auwal turned himself in and admitted to his crimes during this operation.
A resident of Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State, Auwal confessed to being involved in several cases of culpable homicide, armed robbery, and theft of motorcycles and mobile phones in different locations.
He disclosed that in Sabon Gari, Kano, he stabbed a man nicknamed ‘Boka’ to death and stole his Infinix Hot 40i phone, which he later sold for N40,000.
In a separate incident at Kurna Quarters, he claimed to have killed another individual and sold the victim’s Samsung S26 phone for N160,000.
In Jigawa State, Auwal admitted to killing a man in Ringim Local Government Area and fleeing with his motorcycle, which he sold for N300,000.
Auwal is currently in custody at the Homicide Section of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for thorough investigation and necessary legal action, Kiyawa said.
The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, commended Auwal for surrendering and called on other individuals involved in similar crimes to follow suit and embrace peace.
“Criminals will have no hiding place in the State. They should repent and surrender, as no stone will be left unturned in curtailing criminal activities in the State,” the CP said.
