CRIME Pardoned death row inmate Police arrest 10 robbery suspects in Gombe re-arrested with stolen 169 crates of egg
Gombe State Commissioner of Police Austin Iwar said on Monday that his command had apprehended 10 suspected robbers terrorizing residents of Gombe metropolis.
“Before us are criminals that have made life difficult for a lot of us in Gombe.
“Through intelligence report and community policing, we are proud to say that we succeeded in arresting some of them,” the commissioner said at a press briefing in Gombe.
He said that three of the suspects specialised in terrorizing people at petrol stations in the metropolis.
“For some time, we had series of armed robbery attacks in petrol filling stations but through investigation, intelligent reports and the support of members of the public, we were able to arrest three of them,” he said.
According to him, one of them died in the cause of the arrest. He said that the suspects came from Sokoto and Bauchi states, adding that the command was still investigating to find out if they had been colluding with some people in Gombe.
Iwar said the remaining seven suspects were arrested blocking roads and attacking motorists at the Kuri-Dogon-Ruwa axis of the state.
“They all made confessional statements and we are ready to charge them to court,” he said. (NAN)
The Katsina State Police Command has rearrested one Abdullahi Sadiq, popularly called ‘Baba Razor,’ over criminal conspiracy, belonging to criminal gang and theft of 169 crates of egg.
Sadiq was once sentenced to death by a Katsina State High Court following his conviction for a crime he committed at Mangal Plaza in the metropolis. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison. Subsequently the state granted him pardon.
The spokesman of the command, DSP Gambo Isah, said Sadiq was apprehended with a stolen motorcycle and sentenced to a month in prison just after a month of regaining freedom.
He said upon his release, Sadiq was also involved in a burglary at the GRA roundabout and another at Kiddies roundabout where, along with others, broke a provision store and carted away 169 crates of egg and various food provisions.
The police have transferred his case to the Criminal Investigation Department for proper scrutiny and prosecution, he added.