On 29/2/2024 at about 1040hrs,
Police Operatives attached to Kpakungu Division have re-arrested one Adamu Saidu 30yrs and Idris Bala 30yrs, both of Masaka area of Nasarawa State and transferred them to SCID Minna.
The police command said Adamu Saidu was initially arrested on the sixth of February, 2024 at about 11 O’clock on
a robbery scene in Gidan-Kwano area of Minna.
It was reported at Kpagungu Div that the said Saidu with one Abdulrahman Musa, and one other presently at large, armed with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, invaded two lodges in Gidan-Kwano, and robbed some students of over twenty-five handsets, a laptop and power banks.
Consequently, one of the victims raised an alarm which attracted mob action, and the suspects were pursued and one of the suspects; Saidu was apprehended and injured by the mob.
He was taken to the IBB specialist hospital for treatment, while one laptop, fourteen handsets, two power banks and a cutlass were recovered from him.
Surprisingly, while the suspect was receiving treatment in the hospital, Idris Bala surfaced and claimed to be the suspect’s relative from Bauchi to care for him on the sick bed.
In the process of this care, at midnight, Idris destroyed the Police handcuff used to secure the suspect to the sick bed and attempted to escape with the suspect, the two were re-arrested and Idris Bala claimed that he was told that Saidu was involved in a motor accident and that he was sent by Saidu’s mother from Bauchi, but later discovered that it was robbery and he tried to escape with him.
The suspects who are under investigation at SCID Minna will be arraigned in court for prosecution after the investigation.
