By Stanley Onyekwere
The Police in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have revealed the arrest of six criminal suspects, who allegedly specialise in attacking unsuspecting residents, who board their vehicles or tricycles, robbing them of their valuables and pushing them off while moving.
Police said the suspects were apprehended on the heels of complaints received from multiple victims of these atrocious acts, some of whom reported losing their mobile phones, money, gadgets, and other belongings to them.
A statement from the FCT Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said that the suspects: Abubakar Adams, Ismail Salisu, Yusuf Bello, Nasiru Saidi, Sani Usman and Ibrahim Kasa, have since confessed to the crime.
It added that operatives of the FCT pollice command attached to Utako divisional headquarters, acting on credible intelligence, trailed and arrested the suspects.
According to the statement, light weapons such as cutlasses, knives, and a phone believed to have been stolen from a victim were recovered from them.
The statement read in part: “The operatives of the FCT pollice command attached to Utako divisional headquarters, on June 16, 2024, acting on credible intelligence, trailed and arrested six armed robbery suspects: Abubakar Adams, Ismail Salisu, Yusuf Bello, Nasiru Saidi, Sani Usman and Ibrahim Kasa, who specialise in attacking unsuspecting residents who board their vehicle or tricycle, robbing them of their valuables and pushing them off the moving vehicle or tricycle.
“While Investigation is still ongoing, the commissioner of police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh reaffirms the command’s commitment to ensuring the safety and security of all and sundry.
“He also urges the populace to be vigilant and take advantage of the police emergency lines in reporting suspicious activities through: 08032003913, 08028940883, 08061581938, and 07057337653 PCB: 09022222352, CRU: 08107314192.”
Meanwhile, in related development, CP Igweh has ordered a thorough and discreet investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragic and unprecedented attack at Sunshine homes estate by armed robbers, resulting in the untimely demise of one Brigadier General (rtd.), Uwem Harold Udokwere on June 22.
He also assured the bereaved family and the public of swift justice, with every effort in conduit to ensure the perpetrators of the atrocious act are apprehended and brought to justice.
