Nigeria Police has arrested twenty-six suspects for kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and unlawful possession of prohibited fire arms in Lambata area of Niger.

The suspects as Isa Umar, Nuhu Yahaya, Sanda Saleh, Ali Ali, Okechukwu Atama, Mohammed Aliyu, Haruna Adamu, Adamu Bello, Abubakar Iliyasu, Safiyu Mohammed among others.

Force Police Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood said the suspects, who operated at different areas were arrested between Aug. 8 and 22 in Niger.

Moshood, Chief Superintendent of Police said items recovered from them include: Four Ak 47 rifles, cutlasses, cell phones, wrist watches, Military camouflage and personal effects of their victims.

He said investigations were on to identify the source of the military uniforms, saying some of the suspects also specialised in raping their victims.

Moshood said the suspects had made confessional statements to the police on the various roles each of them played in the crime, saying the arrest followed clean-up operations by the “Operation Absolute Sanity” in Niger, Kaduna, Benue and Kogi.

According to him, the operation was going to be sustained and the war against crime will be extended to every parts of the country, saying the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, commended members of the community for their support.

Contributing, Village Head of Lambata, Muhammad Usman assured that members of his community would cooperate with the police to fight crime in the area.

He said members of the community were ready to give police all the necessary and useful information to ensure the provision of security of life and property.

The team include: Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Squad, Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Intelligent Response Team, Special Tactical Squad, Force Intelligence Branch and Police Helicopters.

The operations are to complement and augment the on-going Joint Police/Military operations on ground before now.