The Niger State Police Command has arrested eight suspects for conspiracy, theft of bikes, receiving stolen property, and thuggery within the state.
The command, in a press release signed by its Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, in Minna, acknowledged that on third April 2025 at about 2:30 pm, following a grievance obtained, the Crack Squad of the command arrested two suspects. These included Mohammed Usman, 18, from Tunga, Minna, and Mohammed Abdullahi, 22, from Paiko space, who had been arrested for conspiracy, theft of bikes, and receiving stolen property.
The PRO disclosed,
It was reported that on twenty eighth March 2025 at about 5 pm, Usman boarded a motorbike to a resort round Tunga, close to the Previous Metropolis gate. After alighting, he invited the bike owner to his resort room, tricked him, took his bike key, and locked him within the room.
“Usman made off with the bike and the important thing, taking it to Abdullahi in Paiko on the market.”
Abiodun acknowledged that, throughout the course of the investigation, police detectives took swift motion and arrested Abdullahi, who had a pending case of assault associated to a gang combat at a mining web site in Paiko.
“Abdullahi led police operatives to a mining web site in Paiko the place Usman was ready to gather the proceeds of the crime, and he was arrested too,” he revealed.
Abiodun stated two bikes had been recovered from Abdullahi, who confessed that Usman had introduced the bikes to him on the market.
“Usman additionally confessed to the crime and acknowledged that he stole one of many bikes from Obajana, Kogi State, at a mining web site earlier final month.”
Moreover, six different miscreants had been apprehended for thuggery throughout a sting operation inside the Kwangila/Keteren-Gwari areas of Minna.
These suspects embody Mohammad Yusuf, Mohammad Aliyu, Isah Abdullahi, Usman Mohammed, Jibrin Suleiman, and Ibrahim Mohammad.
All suspects are beneath investigation, and the police are intensifying efforts to scale back criminality within the state.
Comply with NL on Social Media
Be a part of NL Whatsapp Channel
Comply with us on Twitter
Comply with us on Instagram
Be a part of our Telegram Channel
Comply with us on Tiktok
Learn Additionally
