From Yakubu Mustapha, Minna
Niger State Police Command has paraded nine suspected armed robbers arrested in different locations who were involved in various robbery incidence in the state.
According to the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, DSP Wasiu A. Abiodun, the police while parading the suspects said recovered six expensive vehicles were recovered from them.
Abiodun explained that Abdul Mohammad, Amos Oyerinde, Yahaya Jibrin and Abubakar Sadiq confessed to have activity participated in the recent robberies in the state capital, Mina.
He further diclosed that Mohammad Abdullahi, Chibuzor Bernard, Mohammad Usman and Abdulrahman Ali were the receivers and transporters of the vehicles while William Godwin was arrested with a revolver pistol that was given to him by two of the suspects.
He stated that the command swung into action after receiving complaints of robbery attacks in areas of Farm Centre Minna, Niteco Tunga, Bida where six vehicles were carted away while the suspected were arrested in Abuja, Bida, Minna and Sokoto state respectively.
Meanwhile, the command also paraded a 40 year old Festus Okeke of Ishau village via Kafin Koro in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger state for allegedly luring four minor girls in to his shop and had carnal knowledge of two of them.
The PPRO hinted that the suspect fiddled with the private parts of the other two girls with his fingers, noting that the victims are between the ages of 10 years to 13 years.
