222 Phones, Laptop, Tablet Recovered From Suspected Kano Thief

A 27-year-old man, Abba Abubakar, has been arrested in Kano for allegedly breaking into 4 retailers at City Centre Plaza, Farm Centre GSM Market, and stealing telephones and different digital gadgets.

Police recovered 222 cell phones, a laptop computer, a pill, and different gadgets allegedly stolen from the retailers.

The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed this in an announcement issued on Wednesday.

According to the assertion, the Chief Security Officer of the plaza, Mohd Rabo, reported the housebreaking on the Farm Centre Police Division on November 7, 2026, after discovering that 4 retailers had been damaged into round 4am.

Following the report, the Divisional Police Officer mobilised detectives to the scene, working with market safety personnel to research the incident.

The assertion mentioned the suspect was sighted loitering contained in the plaza with an iron noticed and a screwdriver.

He was subsequently arrested after allegedly failing to offer a passable rationalization for his presence.

The police mentioned the suspect confessed throughout interrogation to breaking into the 4 retailers and stealing the gadgets.

The recovered gadgets embody 95 keypad telephones, 127 Android telephones, a Lenovo laptop computer, a Samsung pill, a sound system, an inverter, 17 used Android screens, 29 energy banks, 15 wi-fi earpods, 130 assorted cellphone equipment and N350,000 in money.

The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, mentioned the suspect can be charged to court docket after the completion of the investigation.