Operatives of the police command, Zone 7, under the Niger and FCT Police command have arrested an armed robbery syndicate specialized in snatching vehicles.
According to reports, the suspects, identified as Solomon Nuhu ‘M’ 22yrs, Faruk Umar ‘M’ 17yrs , Bolaji Yusuf ‘M’ 34yrs, and Lawal Yusuf ‘M’ 38yrs, were arrested for the crimes of Criminal Conspiracy, Armed Robbery, Murder, Being in Possession of Stolen Vehicles, Unlawful possession of prohibited FireArm.
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Confirming the arrest in a statement released by the command today, August 7, it was gathered that one of the suspect, Haruna Akubo a.k.a Young Alhaj and 5 suspected stolen vehicles were recovered at L.Y Nadabo Motors opposite One Man Village Shopping Center, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State.
‘’Two other suspects named Bolaji Yusuf ‘M’ 34years and Abubakar Umar were also arrested at Heart Plaza, Maraba, where two Vehicle Master keys were found in Bolaji’s possession with three stolen phones and a bunch of car keys.
Preliminary investigation led the detectives to recover thirty-two (32) phones of different makes and a 9mm beretta pistol live ammunition in the possession of Faruk Umar. In the course of investigation, the Beretta Pistol was recovered from one Solomon Nuhu who claimed he bought it from Faruk Umar at the rate of One Hundred and thirty thousand naira only (N130,000).” the statement read in part
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It added that a team of detectives also followed up more intelligence, tracing more stolen vehicles to Ankpa LGA of Kogi State, where five more vehicles wee recovered, including a Lexus IS 250 whose owner was said to have been killed in the process of snatching the vehicle, with the killer Ibrahim Umar a.k.a Godiya still at large.
‘’A total of 10 vehicles of different brands were recovered from the syndicate, with all their Chassis Numbers altered. Other items recovered include; 1 Fabricated Beretta Pistol with 1 live ammunition, 3 Laptops of different makes, 1 LG Television set, 32 mobile phones of different makes, fabricated car master keys, 2 POS machines, 13 used sim cards, 14 packs of sim cards and other phone kits.”
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja AIG Ogundele J. Ayodeji, psc(+), has ordered for a comprehensive investigation into the case, after which the suspects will be charged to court for prosecution.
