The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Niger State Police Command have arrested armed robbery suspects specialised in car snatching at gunpoint.
He added that two other suspects named Bolaji Yusuf, 34years and Abubakar Umar were also arrested at Heart Plaza, Maraba, where two Vehicle Master keys were found in Bolaji’s possession with three stolen phones and a bunch of car keys.
Abdulkadir noted: “The Zone 7 Police Command Headquarters which supervises the FCT and Niger State Police Command, in a bid to rid the Capital Territory of crimes, following intelligence gathered, arrested four suspects; Solomon Nuhu ‘M’ 22yrs, Faruk Umar ‘M’ 17yrs who specialize in car snatching at gunpoint, Bolaji Yusuf ‘M’ 34yrs, and Lawal Yusuf ‘M’ 38yrs, for the crimes of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, murder, being in possession of stolen vehicles, unlawful possession of prohibited firearm.
“Preliminary investigation led the detectives to recover 32 phones of different makes and a 9mm beretta pistol live ammunition in the possession of Faruk Umar.”
Abdulkadir noted that in the course of investigation, the Beretta Pistol was recovered from one Solomon Nuhu who claimed he bought it from Faruk Umar at the rate of N130,000.
He added that the team of detectives also traced some of the vehicles to Ankpa LGA of Kogi State, where five other cars were recovered, including a Lexus IS 250 whose owner was said to have been killed in the process of snatching the vehicle, the killer, Ibrahim Umar a.k.a Godiya still at large.
Abdulkadir said a total of 10 vehicles of different brands were recovered from the syndicate, with all their Chassis Numbers altered.
He stressed that other items recovered included; one Fabricated Beretta Pistol with one live ammunition, three Laptops of different makes, one LG Television set, 32 mobile phones of different makes, fabricated car master keys, two POS machines, 13 used sim cards, 14 packs of sim cards and other phone kits.
The PRO nitrd that the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja AIG Ogundele Ayodeji has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the case, after which the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution.