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Police Arrest Five Suspected Robbers Terrorizing Yola-Gombe Highway
– Adamawa Police arrested Five armed robber terrorizing Numan-Savannah-Lafia road, a section of the Yola-Gombe Highway
– The Adamawa State Police Command which made the arrest, said that 22 handsets and a cash totalling N52, 280 which the suspects snatched from travellers, were recovered
– The PPRO who said that the five suspects were apprehended in the early hours of October 26, gave their names as Shuaibu Suleiman, Adamu Abdul, Buba Umar, Ali Ibrahim, and Adama Umar
Adamawa Police Command have arrested Five armed robbers who have allegedly been terrorizing Numan-Savannah-Lafia road, a section of the Yola-Gombe Highway.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sulaiman Nguroje, who made this known after the arrest,said that the suspects, comprising four men and one woman, were arrested following a tip-off.
The Adamawa State Police Command which made the arrest, said that 22 handsets and a cash totalling N52, 280 which the suspects snatched from travellers, were recovered.
“Through intelligence report received, the police were able to lay hands on these people who have been constantly robbing travellers, especially at night along Numan-Savannah-Lafia road,” the PPRO said.
The PPRO who said that the five suspects were apprehended in the early hours of October 26, gave their names as Shuaibu Suleiman, Adamu Abdul, Buba Umar, Ali Ibrahim, and Adama Umar.
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He said that 22 phones and N52,280 cash were recovered from the suspects in the course of investigation.
“They confessed to have robbed these handsets and money from travellers in the course of their operations on the road, ” he said and asked travellers who lost their phones to armed robbers on the identified road to visit the police headquarters in Yola to identify and claim them.
He said that the police also recovered six cutlasses, three knives and some black wears and masks from the suspects, and appealed for yet more information from the public to help the police with necessary leads.
He said that the five arrested were just some of the robbers on the highway and the rest must also be arrested to free the highway of them.
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