Posting evidence online aids criminals – Kano Police tells residents

The Kano State Police Command has warned members of the nationalist against posting transgression grounds connected societal media, saying specified actions tin assistance suspects flight and disrupt investigations.

The informing follows the betterment of a stolen motorcycle successful Kumbotso Local Government Area, wherever the Command said the premature circulation of CCTV footage affected efforts to apprehension the suspects.

In a connection issued connected Thursday and signed by CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the Police Public Relations Officer, the constabulary said a achromatic Daylong motorcycle was stolen connected April 9, 2026, astatine Danladi Nasidi.

The incidental was reported to the Command astir 5:45 p.m., aft it had earlier occurred astatine astir 12:45 p.m.

Following the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, directed operatives of the Special Intervention Squad to motorboat a afloat investigation.

Detectives instantly began enactment and obtained CCTV footage from the scene, which helped successful identifying those involved.

However, the constabulary said the concern changed aft the footage was shared online.

“Whil...