Police arrest soldier for armed robbery in Yobe

A soldier hooked up to the headquarters of Sector 2, Operation Hadin Kai, in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, alongside two others, has been arrested over felony conspiracy, housebreaking and armed theft.

The state police command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, in an announcement launched on Friday, famous that the suspects, Hassan Abdulhafiz, a 22-year-old soldier; Mustapha Abubakar, 19, and Samaila Salmanu, 25, have been arrested in Damaturu and Darazo in Bauchi State respectively after the police obtained a misery name.

“On 22/01/2022 at about 2230hrs the suspects invaded the resident of 1 Haj. Aisha Usman of Sabon-Pegi-ward with lethal weapons, together with an AK-47 rifle, succeeded in inflicting critical accidents on the sufferer and her son, Ahmed Umar, aged 17 years, after tying them up with DStv cable wire.

“The culprits carted away with the next gadgets belonging to the sufferer at gunpoint: N250,000:00; 307 Peugeot saloon automotive, in addition to a GSM handset”, he stated.

In accordance with him, the three suspects have since confessed to the crime and will probably be prosecuted after the investigation.

He famous that gadgets recovered from the suspected criminals embody: one AK-47 rifle; 28 rounds of seven.62mm dwell ammunition; two jack knives; DStv cable; one 307 Peugeot automotive with registration quantity NSR 672 DD; N76,000 in money and a GSM handset.

“Due to this fact, The Commissioner of Police, CP Haruna Garba, PSC, urged most people to be security-conscious and report all suspicious individuals or actions to the closest police station for mandatory motion.

“He, nevertheless, appealed to members of the general public to volunteer credible data to the Police to offer a secure and secured society the place lawful and real enterprise thrives”, ASP Abdulkarim added.