During a house-to-house raid conducted from March 10 to 12 in various areas of Minna metropolis, the Niger State Police Command apprehended 44 suspects allegedly involved in various crimes such as armed robbery, thuggery, and possession of dangerous weapons.
The areas where the raid was conducted include Limawa, Angwan-Daji, Paida, Gwadebe, Anguwan-Sarki, Ogbomosho road, and Kasuwan-Gwari. The suspects were paraded by the Niger State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun.
The raid was conducted after reports of miscreants' clashes, thuggery, and tricycle robberies in parts of Minna metropolis, and the police command mobilized its tactical teams to apprehend the suspects.
The suspects were arrested with dangerous weapons such as cutlasses, scissors, knives, swords, garottes, sticks, mobile phones, shisha pipes/pots, a big saw, a scale, an iron bar, a bottle of illicit drugs, lighter, screwdriver, a bunch of keys, and ATM cards.
The suspects, including Abdullahi Ibrahim, Abdullahi Isah, Jibrin Musa, Mohammed Sani, Samaila Salisu, Bashir Mukhtar, Isah Mohammed, Kabiru Dahiru, and others, have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet investigation, and they will be arraigned in court for prosecution.
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