Police have apprehended two suspected armed robbers said to be making life miserable for residents of Sabo Nasarawa in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State.
The suspects, Faruk Umar (27) and Umar
Mohammed (23), both from Ogbomosho Road in Chanchaga Local Government
Area, were trailed and arrested by a team of policemen attached to ‘A’
Division on a tip-off.
A man, Abubakar Manta of Sabo Nasarawa
area of Chanchaga, reported to the police on February 13, 2019 that he
was robbed of his N300,000 while on his way to the bank to make a
deposit.
According to him, four hoodlums attacked him by the AYM
Filling Station, Bosso and made away with his N300,000 and one Itel P3
handset valued at N36,000.
It was learnt that the suspects had
been dispossessing residents of the area of their valuables, thereby
making life unbearable for them.
Investigation showed that a lot
of people have deserted the area as a result of these notorious hoodlums
terrorising the area from time to time before they were arrested by the
police.
One of the suspects, Umar, told said that he and his gang members were political thugs of politicians.
The
state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muhammad Abubakar, said
the operatives were on the trail of the fleeing suspects.
Abubakar said the matter would be charged to court after investigation.
He added that two suspected gang members, Hamza Dama and Kabiru Jimoh, both of the same address, were still at large.
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