by Achadu Gabriel Kaduna
Security operatives, suspected to be ‘Task Force,’ have carried out raids on hotels in Kaduna City and arrested dozens of crimes suspects.
The raid, which was carried out Tuesday in the nighttime, was witnessed in Ungwan Boro community in Sabo Tasha, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State suburb.
Insider eyewitness and our correspondent, who witnessed last stage of the incident, reported that the security operatives drove in convoys into the De Jay’s Guest Inn’s small gate located at Jaba Road, around 8 pm.
The hotel staffs, who spoke on anonymity, confirmed that dozens of suspected drug addicts, including “Yahoo Boys” and a regular guest were arrested and taken away by the operatives.
Some of the staffs were beaten with slaps for ‘misbehaving’ to the operatives, and drugs were spotted in the possession of some of the suspects.
Eyewitness alleged that the raid was not restricted to De Jay’s Hotel alone, but others hotels of similar incident, in Sabon Tasha and other places within and outside the radius of the community.
According to an insider, the guest room of a regular guest lodger, popularly known and addressed as “Jessy,” was burgled when the guest refused to heed the knocks by the security operatives to open the door.
Contacted, Kaduna Police State Command’s spokesman, DSP Mansir Hassan, was yet to respond before the filling of these reports.
“Security operatives raided De Jays Guest Inn Hotel located in Ungwan Boro, early in the night of yesterday, Tuesday, and arrested dozens of crimes suspects, including one popular regular guest bearing Jessy. Is the command aware with any details, pls?,” being the clarification message sent to the Police spokesman.
In Kaduna, it’s alleged that artisans, mechanic boys and other trades and handworks boys have quitted their trades for yahoo racketing business, in the quest for get-rich-quick syndrome.
Recalled that recently, Special Task Force established by Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State to combat gang activities and phone snatching in Kaduna State recovered arms and apprehended 398 suspects across various locations.
A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Hassan Mansir, disclosed that the swift and targeted raids, driven by credible intelligence, also prompted many criminals to flee Kaduna State out of fear of arrest.