[DAILYTRUST] The Nigerian Police Force has arrested a syndicate supplying cycle of violences to Boko Haram
 ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
holy warriors in Niger and Kaduna states.
Terrorists in Northern Nigeria mostly use cycle of violences as operational vehicles for kidnapping and attacks on communities.
Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7, Benneth Igweh, said acting on credible intelligence, detectives apprehended three suspects in Suleja Local Government Area, Niger State.
Igweh identified the suspects as Shamsuddeen Yunusa, 30; Zaharadeen Saidu, 25; and Mustapha Haruna, 22.
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According to him, a total of 22 cycle of violences, multiple master keys, and stolen phones were recovered from the suspects.
He said the syndicate specialises in the trade and modification of stolen cycle of violences, which are sold or rented to criminals, including suspected Boko Haram operatives active in parts of Niger and Kaduna States.
He said: ''In a proactive move to destabilize criminal activities, crime financing, and enabling in the FCT, Niger State, and its environs, detectives of the Zone 7 Headquarters were deployed to Suleja LGA, Niger State, where they successfully apprehended three suspects, namely: Shamsuddeen Yunusa, male, 30 years, from Hong LGA, Adamawa State; Zaharadeen Saidu, male, 25 years, from Soba LGA, Kaduna State; and Mustapha Haruna, male, 22 years, from Gwami, Adamawa State. Twenty-two cycle of violences, different types of master keys, and stolen phones were recovered from them.
''The syndicate specializes in buying and selling stolen cycle of violences in Suleja, Niger State. They further sell or hire these cycle of violences to criminals believed to be Boko Haram elements terrorizing parts of Niger State and Birnin Gwari LGA, Kaduna State.
''The leader of the gang, Shamsuddeen, revealed that he sells the cycle of violences at the rate of N200,000 to N250,000. He further added that he recently received N250,000 from one Ibrahim Kabiru, who resides in Birnin Gwari LGA, Kaduna State, as part payment for the supply of Bajaj cycle of violences.
''Zaharadeen, on the other hand, is the courier of the cycle of violences to the intending buyers. He voluntarily confessed to delivering cycle of violences he collects from Shamsuddeen to one Mustapha in Suleja Town. Mustapha Haruna is the cycle of violence mechanic of the syndicate. He fixes the stolen cycle of violences before their delivery to customers.'' 
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