Niger state Police Command operatives attached to Tafa Division on 6th August,2023 at about 2350hrs,while on routine patrol around Lolo Layout, Dakwa area responded to a distress call of an attempted robbery on the street in the area.
On sighting the Police team, the robbery suspects took to their heels and they were pursued and trailed to a tea seller kiosk around Nato garage, Deidei Abuja
Three suspects were arrested therein who were;
-Suleman Yahaya 21yrs
-Umar Suleman 25yrs
-Khalifa Abdulrahman 18yrs all of Deidei area of Abuja
During interrogation, the suspects confessed to being members of a robbery syndicate terrorizing Dakwa, Deidei and its environs. They mentioned three others at large as Hassan, Lamar, and Bakano while a search was conducted in the kiosk and the following items were recovered from them;
-One double-barrel pump action gun
-One locally fabricated gun
-264 wraps of substances suspected to be Indian hemp
-One cutlass, knife, and three scissors
-One white t-shirt and a vigilante shirt were recovered.
The command said the suspects will soon be transferred to SCID Minna for discreet investigation and effort is ongoing to apprehend other fleeing members of the gang.
