Governor Yusuf Abba of Kano State has given approval to the formation of mobile courts in the State.
According to NAN, Truth Live News gathered that following the rise of cases of phone snatching in the state, the security council in the state declared phone snatching as arm robbery, directing that any individual or group caught in the act should be treated as armed robbers.
Subsequently, the governor as part of his efforts to ensure a prompt prosecution of phone snatchers in the State, approved a mobile court.
A statement by his Press Secretary, Alhaji Bature Tofa, said that the mobile courts would work with the Special Joint Task Force to try people caught.
Yusuf said that major streets in the metropolis had been light up after eight years of darkness as the lamps were switched off
According to him, the return of street lights is part of the efforts by the new administration to tackle robbery, phone snatching and other criminal activities, especially in metropolitan Kano.
“The ongoing exercise started penultimate Tuesday and will continue until every part of the state is saved from darkness that provides cover for criminals and political thugs,” he said.