The state Commissioner of Police, Mukaddas Garba, told newsmen that the command also recovered 13 guns, 20 cutlasses/knives, five live ammunition, five cartridges, army uniforms, bullet proof jacket, among others, from the suspects.
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Okonkwo disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Jos.
It was gathered that on November 20, acting on intelligence, Police Operatives from Kabusa Division arrested one Benjamin Jattau, 29; Nyor Solomon, 22; Nyor Terhide, 28; and Azemda Anaana, 25, in Kabusa after robbing their victim.
It was learnt that on November 13 at about 11:30pm, a Police Patrol team attached to Dandume Division, acting on a tip off, succeeded in arresting one Isiya Lawal, 24, of Makama Road, Dandume LGA of Katsina State in possession of 195 wraps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
The state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command on Wednesday.
The reaction of the RRS team followed a distress call received from the owner of the car, which was snatched by three armed men operating in a tricycle.
According to sources, the suspects, acting together, tricked the SARS Station Officer, who opened the cell door for them, leading to their escape.
“The robbers were calm throughout the operation. They kept begging for forgiveness. They did that throughout the period of the robbery,” Ukeyima told the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview on Monday.
It was learnt that the car was snatched on Sunday at about 11:30pm at Abijo, GRA, Ibeju Lekki.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Oota, who is a resident of Ombi one, Lafia, was attacked around 3am on the fateful day alongside other tenants in the compound.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the robbers were said to have opened fire on the police vehicle escorting a bullion van from Enugu State en route Ebonyi State at the popular Ezzamgbo Junction of the Enugu-Abakliki Expressway.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the robbers also attacked the Nasarawa State Director of the National Orientation Agency, Priscilla Gondo-Alour, during the operation in the area.
A reliable source told the News Agency of Nigeria that the suspects were arrested in a rented Uber car at about 9:30pm on Thursday by the operatives of the Anthony Police Division.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident happened between 9pm and 9:30pm on Sunday.
Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday attacked the convoy of the Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, killing three policemen and a civilian.
A notorious phone dealer, Yusuph Da-Silva, who specialized in buying mobile phones from armed robbers, cultists and pickpockets operating in Ogun and Lagos States, has disclosed that he buys over 30 phones a week and makes between N25,000 and N30,000 daily.
Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac has been hailed as a hero after fending off two armed robbers who targeted himself, teammate Mesut Ozil and their wives.
The suspects were said to have trailed their victim from a nearby bank and later snatched a bag containing money from him.
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Friday said it had arrested 14 suspected armed robbers and two kidnappers in the last two weeks.
SP Abdu Jinjiri, the police spokesman in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse that the incident occurred on July 19 at about 7:05 p.m. at the residence of the victim located at Godiya Miyetti quarters.