Men of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested 2 suspected armed robbers terrorising commuters along Mayo Belwa -Ngurore road.
Those arrested include; Ibrahim Sajo and Isiaka Yunusa of Baputolo and Kona communities in Numan Local Government Area, while one other suspect has escaped.
The suspects were arrested on Saturday the 4th March, 2023, between 11:00 to12:00pm shortly after their operation along the road.
Ibrahim and 2 other suspects, who armed themselves with matchetes and sticks, blocked the road on that fateful night but could not succeed in their outing.
NEWS PLATFORM gathered that it was only one vehicle that plied the road as its driver maneuvered and beat the road block and escaped during which a bag fell on the ground.
The suspects picked the bag and gave it to Ibrahim who tied it on his motorcycle and left while 2 other suspects followed other road.
While on his way back home, Ibrahim had a flat tire where he managed and entered a village and fixed it.
He had another flat tire shortly after he had repaired the first one as a result of which he entered a house that night and pleaded with man to keep the bag for him with a promise to come and carry it the following day.
He was suspected by some vigilates in the community who arrested him where he confessed to the crime.
The suspects narrated that they recently carried out an operation on the same road and dispossessed 6 people of 4 handsets as well as the sum N8, 000.
The suspects who were interrogated by the spokesman of the Police Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, regretted their action with a promise not to engage into it again.
The spokesman of the Command said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi, had ordered that the suspects be charged to court for prosecution after investigation.
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