Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu. Photo: Bauchi State Police Command.
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected phone snatcher and five alleged thugs in separate operations within the Bauchi metropolis.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
According to Habib, the phone snatching incident occurred on Monday, August 25, 2026, when a 25-year-old resident of Unguwan Mangororin Sale Toro, Bauchi Local Government Area, was observing a Maulud procession along Kofar Fada.
He said the victim reported that a 20-year-old man, identified as Abdullahi Abubakar of Unguwan Ardo, allegedly snatched his mobile phone valued at N50,000 and N30,000 cash.
