The Adamawa State Police Command has said it is fulfilling its promise to keep the state safe by arresting 18 armed robbery suspects in the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, stated this while parading the suspects at the command headquarters recently. He said the arrests were made between October 8 and 12, 2016, while they were carrying out their operations.
He said the police had identified all the notorious black spots in the state and that his officers and men were being posted to the areas on a 24-hour operation.
He said, “You would recall that on my assumption of duty as the Commissioner of Police, Adamawa State Command, I pledged that my ultimate vision would be to ensure that Adamawa State is safe and secured. It is on this premise that the command re-strategised its operations by
putting in place measures to confront all crimes in the state head-on.
“I am pleased to inform you that the measures put in place have started yielding positive results. These undesirable elements that have hitherto robbed people of their valuables unchallenged, particularly along Numan/Lafiya, Numan/Ngurore and Ngurore/Mayo-Belwa Roads are now faced with superior firepower, and this has led to the arrest of seven armed robbers along the identified roads. The others fled. This occurred on October 8 and 9, 2016.
“In the same vein, on October 12, 2016, the same gang of armed robbers that has been terrorising travellers along Ngurore Mayo Inne Road, was also intercepted while carrying out an operation. Four suspects were arrested while others escaped with bullet wounds. The suspects are Adamu Saidu, Muhammadu Anaruwa, Mohammed Sani and Hassan Danmmanu, all of Nyibango village.”
The suspects were paraded along with some recovered items, including three rifles, one locally made pistol with four rounds of live ammunition, one laptop computer and a tablet. Others are three handsets, two sharp cutlasses, two knives, 12 scrap handsets, two big sticks and N343,500.
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