Notorious Minna gang leader El-Hussain arrested with weapons, drugs

The Niger State Police Command has apprehended a 23-year-old suspect, Hussaini Usman, popularly known as El-Hussain, in connection with multiple cases of robbery, thuggery, and public disturbance in Minna.

According to a statement issued Saturday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the suspect was arrested on July 10 around 2:30 p.m. by operatives from ‘A’ Division following a credible tip-off.

Usman, who hails from Kuta Road, Minna, was caught with a long sharp knife and suspected marijuana. He had allegedly robbed a salesgirl at Ogbomoso Road and was known for harassing residents, snatching phones, and engaging in street fights across Ogbomoso Street, Ungwar-Sarki, and Paida.

“During the investigation, Usman named other members of his gang. Subsequently, nine other suspects were arrested in the early hours of July 12 with dangerous weapons in Ungwar-Sarki and Ogbomoso Street,” Abiodun said.

In a separate operation, the police busted an alleged drug syndicate in Suleja. On July 13, officers from the Suleja Area Command and 12PMF intercepted Elijah Mathew from Sabon-Kaida with two-and-a-half bags of suspected marijuana. Mathew confessed to storing the drugs for a man identified as Moses Obi of Maje, Suleja.

Obi was later apprehended and admitted to owning the marijuana, which he said was supplied by a man named Aminu from Deidei, Abuja, who is currently at large.