The operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested four men for alleged robbery in Yola, State the capital.
This was made known in a statement signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje.
He said the suspects were arrested on Sunday, September 10, by a combined team of policemen and members of the Local Security Support Group (vigilantes).
“Another operational strategy introduced by Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, to checkmate the activities of Shilla gangsterism within the state capital yielded a positive result as a syndicate of four were arrested.”
The statement indicated that the suspects, aged 18 to 23 years, robbed some residents of Demsawo and Nasarawo wards in Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area.
The suspects as Kabiru Yahaya, 18 years old, and a resident of Kala’a’ Street; Abdulazeez Mohammed, 23 years old and a resident of Wuro Kuturu; Adamu Babayo, 18 years old and a resident of Bauchi Street; and Ibrahim Mohammed, 20 years old and a resident of Nasarawo Borehole, all in Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area.
Dangerous weapons and their operational tricycle were recovered from them.
Nguroje assured that the suspects will be prosecuted in accordance with extant laws.
