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According to the command’s spokesperson, ASP Mariam Yusuf, the suspects confessed to being members of an armed robbery syndicate who specialise in snatching bags and mobile phones and using the SIM cards to rob victims of their money via their bank accounts.

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.

Some residents of the area had protested over a suspect who was earlier rescued by the police from an angry mob for knocking down two passengers on Monday 17th May, 2021 leaving them with serious injuries.

The command’s public relations officer, ASP Mariam Yusuf, said in a statement that overt and covert strategies are being deployed to curb banditry and  criminal activities, particularly on the borders of the nation’s capital.

According to a statement by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mariam Yusuf, the suspects were arrested while attempting to dispose of a vehicle which they had snatched at gunpoint along Tudun Wada axis of Niger State.