Police smash 10-man robbery gang in Jigawa

The Police in Jigawa on Monday said they
arrested 10 suspects in Dutse for alleged armed
robbery. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Mr
Theophilus Kayode, told newsmen that the arrest
was made possible with the cooperation of
members of the public. Kayode said that on Aug. 12, at about 2:00 am
information was received from a Good Nigerian
that a group of armed men was operating in
Babura. He said as soon as the information was received,
a police patrol team attached to the Babura
Division swung into action. He said, consequently, four suspects were
arrested while others took their heels. The CP said that some youths assisted the police
to arrest the fleeing suspects and brought them
to the police station for interrogation. Kayode said that two of the suspects were injured
in the process of arrest and gun battle with the
police. “As a result the two suspects died on the way to
Babura General Hospital, the corpses of the
unidentified suspects were deposited at the
Rasheed Shekoni Specialists Hospital Dutse,” the
CP added. Kayode said that the exhibit found on the
suspects included: two locally made pistols, four
daggers, assorted charms, cell phones and some
money. He said the suspects would be arraigned at the
end of the investigation.(NAN)