By Moses Gbande
Plateau State Police Command on Wednesday paraded about thirty (30) suspected criminals who specializes in various forms of criminal activities including house breaking and theft, armed robbery, cultism among others.
The state Police commissioner, Issac Akinmoyede told Journalists that the suspects were arrested at different points of operations while acting on tips of information received from members of the public.
He paraded them alongside itms recovered with them during the police operations, saying one of the robbers Abdulsalam Adams ‘m’ was arrested at Gadan Sogai at Congo Area of Jos North LGA of Plateau State, when search was conducted on his residence, while one locally made pistol was found hidden under a motorcy.
” Meanwhile, two of his gang members namely: lshaq and Khalid all of Congo Area whose surnames are not yet known escaped before the arrival of the Police operatives. During interrogation, the suspects confessed that the locally made pistol and motorcycle belong to Ishaq, one of the suspects on the run. Investigation is in progress while effort is being intensfied to arrest the fleeing suspects.
“Arrest of one Armed Robbery Suspect: On 28/02/2020 at about 2120hrs, operatives of the Antilddnapping Unit (AKU) of the Command received a distress call while on routine vehicular patrol that one Uche ;Evaingeline ‘f’ of Lamingo area and Manya Gabriela (f) of Tina Junction area of Jos were robbed at Dogon Karfe. On receiving the information, the operatives of AKU immediately raced to the the scene of crime. On arrival they discovered that the hoodlums had already escaped from the scene. The operatives went after the suspects and arrested one Gabriel Emmanuel ‘m’, aged 38 years in a Black colour Golf 3 Saloon car with Reg. No. BM 687 KUJ. When search was conducted on the suspect, items belonging to the victims were recovered inside his vehicle. He is assisting the police in order to apprehend other members of his garig on the run. He will be charged to court soon.
“Arrest of Suspected Kidnappers: On 19/02/2020 at about 0115hrs a distress call was received from a good Samaritan by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit that a four-man gang that specialize in kddnapping forcefully invaded the residence of one Ladi Gwani ‘f’ of Rayfled Jos on 19/02/2020 at about 0115hrs and attempted kidapping her daughter one Jumima Gwani ‘f’ aged 4years but met some resistance and ran away. The operatives of Anti-kidnapping Unit in collaboration with Operation Puff Adder of the Command immediately embarked on hunt of the hoodlums. The investigation yielded result with the arrest of the following suspects: Joseph Dawenn, ‘m’, 19 years, Samuel Vidap Mangs ‘m’, aged 25 years. Bamahak Mark ‘m aged ’24’ years. and David James ‘m’, aged 19 years all of Favwei Area of Jos South LGA of Plateetu State. Exhibits recovered {tom the suspects include, three (3) pairs of Pliers, two (2) Knives and a Machete. The suspects will be changed to court as soon as investigation is completed”.
He added that, another Arrest was Suspect in a Case of Cultism and Illegal Possession of Fire Arms: which took place On 01/03/2020 at about 0021hrs “in the spirit of Community Policing, the Police operatives of the ‘A’ Division and members of Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Jenta Adamu in Jos North LGA embarked on a joint patrol. While on patrol they arrested a known cultist and drug dealer one David Timothy ‘m’ aged 18 years of Jenta Adam“ with one locally made Pistol and one live cartridge, some wraps of leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp and some 1mm drug. Efforts are on to arrest some of his cult members with a view to prosecuting them”.
He however appeals to citizens of the state to continue to volunteer information to the security agencies to nip crime and criminality in the state to the bud or arrest the criminal elements among them.
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