The Police in Niger have arrested five suspects for alleged
kidnapping and armed robbery in Rafi and Mariga local government areas of the
state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Usman Adamu,
disclosed this in Minna on Thursday.
Usman said on Oct. 18, one Alhaji Ibrahim Garkuwa of Tashan Kare
reported at Kagara Police Division that some hoodlums who were armed with
machete, stick and dressed in female Hijab (Muslim females gown) and face mask,
invaded his house at Tashan Kare.
He said the criminals attacked Garkuwa’s wife and daughter,
inflicting various degrees of injury on them.
The commissioner said that on receipt of the complaint, a team
of Policemen from Kagara Division arrested the three suspects – Usman Daiyabu,
20, Mohammad Nata’ala, 20, and Afani Lawal, 23, of Tashan Kare.
He said that the suspects had confessed to the crime.
He said further investigation revealed that the suspects
proceeded to the shop of one Hippolite Onyebor of the same address, broke his
shop and carted away half of bag of rice, soft drinks, bread and some other
items.
” We recovered one Hijab, faced mark, two knives, one phone, one
iron and some sachets of Peak Milk from the suspects,” Usman said.
He said that the suspects would be charged to court on completion
of investigation.
He also disclosed that on Oct. 5 at about 1800 hours, one Sarkin
Fulani Iro Aliyu of Kudun-Gure Fulani settlement, Kotonkoro, Mariga Local
Government Area reported that some hoodlums numbering about five invaded his
compound firing sporadically into the air and kidnapped his daughter, Defu
Ibrahim, of the same address.
The commissioner said that on receipt of the complaint, a team
of Police Detectives from Bangi Division swung into action, gave the hoodlums a
hot chase and rescued the victim unhurt.
He said one of the suspects, Mohammed Betuwa,25, and of the same
address, was arrested.
He said exhibits recovered at the scene of crime were six empty
shells of AK 47 ammunition.
Usman said further investigation led to the arrest of his
accomplice, Hamidu Alhaji Badori, 35, of Lambata, Gurara Local Government Area.
He said efforts were ongoing to arrest the fleeing hoodlums, and
that the other suspects already arrested would soon be charged to court.
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