The revelation was made in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dogo Shammah.
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He said it was against the law for anybody or group of persons to carry out jungle justice against suspected criminals.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Jigawa Police Command, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Dutse on Saturday.
According to the public relations officer of the command, DSP Edafe Bright, operatives on that day had intercepted a Navy blue Toyota Picnic car with registration number AAA 464 YA with six male occupants.
Though not a new trend, armed robbers have continued to devise new methods to lure their victims.
Raymond Chukwudi and Ekene Okoro were arrested by men of the Federal Highway Patrol at Ajebandele, a boundary between Ogun and Ondo States during a stop-and-search operation.
According to the command’s spokesperson, ASP Mariam Yusuf, the first suspect, John Jimoh, 26, a member of a three-man phone snatching syndicate, was arrested during a routine night patrol on Wednesday 19th May,2021 along Ahmadu Bello Way while attempting to attack and rob his victim.
The Divisional Police Officer of Sango-Ota Divisional Headquarters, CSP Godwin Idehai, had earlier received a distress call that robbers were operating at Ipamesan area, and that they had already burgled a warehouse in the area.
The suspects, Lukman Olanrewaju, 27, and Shola Alabi, 28, were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, Ajuwon divisional headquarters, SP Andrew Akinseye, at about 5pm on Sunday that a three-man armed robbery gang were operating at Olambe area.
Some community leaders in Festac had informed the Divisional Police Officer that the suspects wanted to sell one unregistered Lexus 2004 SUV to one Anas at the rate of N1,000,000 and they suspected that the vehicle must have been stolen.
ASP Zubairu Aminuddeen, the Public Relations Officer of the command, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Dutse on Wednesday.
This was revealed by the spokesperson of the Command, Mariam Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday.
The Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Dominic Onyemelu, presented the suspects to newsmen on Thursday in Jos.
The incident happened on Tuesday.
This was revealed in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Sunday.
The spokesperson of the Command, Mariam Yusuf, revealed this in a statement on Sunday.
It was gathered that the armed robbers stormed the bank around noon shooting sporadically into the air to create fear and scare residents away for them to perpetrate their crime.
The suspects were arrested during different coordinated intelligence operation between February 10 and 18, 2021.
This was disclosed by the spokesperson of the Command, Mariam Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the incident happened when the man, simply identified as Afuye, was returning home from Ogunpa, Ibadan, where he sold rubber footwear.