Police in Nasarawa State have announced the arrest of two people in military uniform suspected to be kidnappers in Okpata village of Ekye in Doma Local Government of Nasarawa State.
The Command in a statement issued in Lafia by its spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel and made available to journalists on Saturday, said the arrest was made possible by persistent complain of robbery in the locality by members of the community..
“Inundated by complaints of weekly armed robberies on Thursday nights by persons clad in military uniforms along Doma-Rukubi Road of Ekye Development Area, Doma LGA; the Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, emplaced mechanisms to tackle the ugly occurrences”
“Consequently, on Thursday, February 22, 2024, at about 1800hrs, police operatives attached to Ekye Division laid a successful ambush on the criminals at Kwanar Kare; a dangerous spot along Doma-Rukubi Road where armed robbers usually block the road and Rob unsuspecting road users”
“The duo of Abdullahi Basso and Saidu Isah both males of Rugan Maigari, Rukubi village dressed in military uniforms were arrested at the scene while about to carry out their operation, and the sum of three hundred thousand naira cash (#300,000), a knife and other items were recovered from them as exhibits”
“The suspects confessed to having attacked one Mallam Barka at the same spot last week where they dispossessed him of the sum of five hundred thousand naira (#500,000)” he said.
The statement said the Commissioner of Police, has commended officers of the command for the sustained onslaught against criminals and urged them to sustain the tempo.
Speaking on the development the local overseer of the development area, Hon Bello Akoza, also corroborated the police report.