KANO POLICE RECOVER HYUNDAI CAR STOLEN FROM CHURCH

The Kano State Police Command has recovered a Hyundai car stolen from a church premises in the state and returned it to its owner, three days after the incident.

The gold-coloured vehicle, with registration number LAGOS AA 444 BL, was stolen on October 25 while its owner, Uchenna Emmanuel, was attending a service at St Thomas Church, Airport Road, Kano.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement, saying Emmanuel reported that he parked the vehicle at the church around 11am but discovered it missing after the service.

Kiyawa said operatives of the Special Intervention Squad launched an intelligence-led search following the complaint, on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori.

According to him, the vehicle was found parked within the premises of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital on October 26, but the person who brought it there could not be identified.

He added that police operatives laid an ambush in an attempt to arrest the individual, but nobody came f