Police in Jigawa State have detained six people over armed robberies in the Jahun Local Government Area that resulted in the theft of cash and goods valued at millions of naira.
Police spokesperson SP Lawan Shiisu Adam said on Monday that the arrests came after inquiries into two robbery cases reported in Jahun on September 24, 2026.
In one incident, armed attackers entered the home of a 35-year-old resident in the Kofar Daru area of Jahun at around 2 a.m. They allegedly took N20.18 million in cash, iTel phones valued at N13.13 million, recharge cards worth N1 million, Android handsets and other belongings.
The same group was also accused of raiding the home of a 37-year-old man in Shagari Quarters. Property taken in that attack included N45,000, two blankets, rice and a woman’s wrapper.
Investigators from the Jahun Police Division opened a case after the reported attacks and subsequently arrested five suspects: Sale Ibrahim, 25; Abubakar Abdullahi, 28; Babangida Ya’u, 35; Babannan Hassan, 27; and Isah Isibu, 35.
A sixth suspect, Isa Yusuf, 35, was apprehended on October 15, 2026, by personnel from the Maigatari Police Division alongside the Border Patrol Team. Yusuf, who is from Hantsu village in Miga Local Government Area, was arrested during a regular patrol at Maigatari Market.
Officers recovered 13 unused iTel phones, 13 chargers, 13 batteries and N102,500 in cash from the suspect.
During questioning at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Dutse, Yusuf admitted belonging to the group linked to the Jahun robberies, Shiisu said.
The investigation established that the items seized from Yusuf formed part of the goods stolen in the raids.
All six suspects have been brought before a court. Police said they were continuing efforts to locate other gang members who remain at large and to retrieve the outstanding stolen property.
