The Kano State Police Command says incidents of thuggery and mobile phone snatching are steadily declining across the state, attributing the gains to sustained security operations and closer engagement with communities.
Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, spoke on Tuesday at the Command’s 2025 end-of-year briefing held at the headquarters in Bompai, where he outlined progress recorded under his watch.
Bakori said the achievements were driven by deliberate planning, intelligence-led policing and improved cooperation between residents and security agencies.
He noted that the rollout of Operation Kukan Kura had significantly disrupted criminal networks responsible for street violence and phone robbery.
“Today, thuggery and mobile phone robbery are fast becoming history with the successful implementation of Operation Kukan Kura,” the police boss said.
He recalled that upon assuming duty on March 17, 2025, as the 47th Commissioner of Police in the state, the Command conducted a comprehensive security assessment across Kano’s 44 local government areas.
The review, according to him, identified thuggery, phone snatching and drug abuse in the eight metropolitan councils; threats of bandit infiltration in 17 border local governments; and recurring farmer-herder clashes in 19 others.
To confront the challenges, Bakori said the Command adopted a clear operational roadmap in line with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun.
He listed the measures to include strengthened community policing, intelligence-driven operations, continuous training and retraining of officers, joint border patrols with sister security agencies, expansion of the cybercrime unit and wide-ranging public enlightenment campaigns through radio, television and other media platforms.
The commissioner assured residents that the Command would sustain the momentum to consolidate the gains and further improve public safety across the state.