The Kano State Police Command has arrested four men over an alleged attack on a poultry farm in the state, during which 84 chickens and 13 crates of eggs were reportedly stolen.
The command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, saying the suspects were intercepted at about 8:10 a.m. on Friday along Kofar Dawanau in Kano.
According to him, the suspects were travelling in a blue Sharon Galaxy vehicle with registration number KADUNA MKA 692 ZB when police operatives stopped them.
Mr Kiyawa said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly conspired with other accomplices, who are still at large, to raid a poultry farm along Yankaba Road, via Tokarawa, on November 3, 2026.
He said the suspects allegedly attacked the farm with dangerous weapons, slaughtered about 84 chickens and carted away 13 crates of eggs and other items.
The police spokesperson added that further investigations led to the arrest of two additional suspects, bringing the number of those in custody to four.
The suspects were identified as Mohammed Ibrahim, 33; Aminu Abdullahi, 32; Lawan Dan Alhaji, 45, all residents of Kano, and Bashir Lawan, 45, from Katsina State.
Items recovered from them included 35 bags of chicken feed, a blue Sharon Galaxy vehicle, a bloodstained knife, three bloodstained daggers and two fliers.
Mr Kiyawa said efforts were ongoing to apprehend the remaining suspects and recover other stolen property, adding that investigations into the incident had continued.
He further disclosed that the recovered items had been returned to the farm owner, who commended the police for their prompt response and professionalism.
