The Police Command in Niger says it has arrested two armed theft suspects within the Tungan-Shanu space of Maje, Niger, with a white unregistered Fortunate bike.
That is contained in a press release by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Saturday in Minna.
He acknowledged that on Oct. 22, at about 6.45p.m., police operatives hooked up to Maje Division intercepted and arrested two suspects.
In response to him, the suspects are Aliyu Salihu, 25, and Jibrin Ndako, 22, each of Barkin-Saleh, Minna.
He mentioned through the investigation, the 2 suspects, armed with cutlasses, had confessed to having robbed a pupil at his lodge in Bida of his bike, 4 cellphones and the sum of N40,000 on the identical date at about 2.30a.m.
The spokesperson added that the suspects, who confessed to the crime, mentioned that they had been escaping to Kogi earlier than the arrest.
“In the meantime, the reveals recovered from them embody a motorbike, 4 handsets, two Automated Teller Machine (ATM) playing cards and a sum of N7,000 remaining from the N40,000 robbed.
“The case has since been transferred to the State Criminals Investigation Division (SCID), Minna, for additional investigation,” Abiodun revealed.
In one other growth, the spokesperson added that the operatives had additionally arrested a suspected bike snatcher.
“On Oct. 24, at about 7a.m., police operatives hooked up to Chanchaga Division intercepted and arrested one Sa’idu Aliyu, an grownup of the Kpakungu space of Minna, with a Bajaj bike suspected to be stolen.
“Aliyu was arrested on Chanchaga-Paiko Street with the bike, and he couldn’t give a passable account of himself.
“Throughout investigation, it was revealed that the bike was snatched from a sufferer across the Maitumbi space of Minna, whereas investigation on the matter is ongoing,” he mentioned. (NAN)
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