- A soldier attached to 301 Artillery Regiment Gombe and 19 others have been arrested for alleged armed robbery and various offences
- The soldier was arrested on Wednesday, November 28, along Tabra Village via Gombe Bye-pass
- Muhammad Mukaddas, the state commissioner of police, said suspect has confessed and will soon be charged to court for prosecution
The Gombe state Police Command said it had arrested a soldier attached to 301 Artillery Regiment Gombe for allegedly armed robbery and 19 others for various offences.
Muhammad Mukaddas, the State Commissioner of Police, told newsmen in Gombe on Thursday. that the soldier was arrested on Wednesday along Tabra Village via Gombe Bye-pass.
According to him, the suspect has confessed to the crime and will soon be charged to court for prosecution.
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“The police from Gombe Division arrested one Ojobo Sunday, a Private soldier attached to 301 Artillery Regiment Gombe in a case of armed robbery.
“The suspect boarded a commercial motorcycle Bajaj boxer, asked the motorcyclist Abubakar Garba that he wanted to make a phone call.
“At the point he pointed an AK47 Rifle with breech No. 16470 with 24 round of live ammunition and snatched away the motorcycle.
“The victim raised alarm and was chased by patrol team who received a distress call and subsequently arrested him,” he said.
He further said that 19 other suspects were arrested in a case of armed robbery, theft of motorcycle, receiving stolen properties, conspiracy and culpable ho*icide.
According to him, one woman among the suspects was also arrested for abandoning her five-day-old baby.
The police boss added that all suspects would be charge to court for prosecution.
He also appealed to people in the state to continue to partner with the police in providing useful information toward reducing the rate of crime.
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In a previous report by Legit.ng, the police command in Zamfara on Monday, November 26, said it repelled an alleged planned attack on a community in the state and recovered 11 assorted ammunitions from some armed bandits.
The state commissioner of police, Usman Belel, who made the disclosure at a news conference in Gusau, the Zamfara capital, said the operatives of the command recovered 7 AK 47 riffles and 13 Magazines from the suspects. Belel said the police also recovered two locally made guns and two motorcycles from them.
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