Photos: Bauchi Police parades crime suspects, gang that robbed man of N600K and shot his wife dead and others

Photos: Bauchi Police parades crime suspects, gang that robbed man of N600K and shot his wife dead and others.

The Bauchi State Police Command on Thursday, January 25, paraded suspected criminals arrested in various parts of the state.

Briefing newsmen at the Command Headquarters, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Sanusi Lemu, said among the suspects are members of a robbery gang that dispossessed a 34-year-old man of the cash sum of six hundred thousand naira (N600,000:00) and shot dead his wife, Furaira Abdullahi.

 Photos: Bauchi Police parades crime suspects, gang that robbed man of N600K and shot his wife dead and others

Below are details of the arrest recorded under the months in review:

1. ARREST OF ARMED ROBBERY, CULPABLE HOMICIDE, BEING IN POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION SUSPECTS

Following an intelligence report received by the command on the activities of notorious Armed Robbery Syndicate that have been terrorizing innocent members of the public.

On 22/01/2018 at about 1200hrs a combine team of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU) of the command traced and arrested the syndicate in their hideout while planning to attack some strategic locations in Bauchi metropolis.

Investigation revealed that the syndicate operates in Bauchi, Plateau, Gombe and Nassarwa States and also FCT Abuja. They are also responsible for the following robbery cases in the state:

i. On 22/01/2018 at about 0200hrs the syndicate stormed Yuguda Village robbed one Maigyalla Mohammed 30yrs ‘m’ and Jafaru Abdullahi 20yrs ‘m’ of their Bajaj Motorcycles. They also robbed one Munkaila Tanko ‘m’ of the cash sum of N30,000:00, thereafter shot him to death.
The two robbed Motorcycles were recovered by the Command Operatives and will soon be handed over to their rightful owners.

ii. On 13/01/2018 at about 2200hrs the syndicate attempted to rob one Sadiq Ahmed Iliya 35yrs ‘m’ of Isa Yuguda Guest House Bauchi, of his Honda Motor Vehicle in the process they shot and injured a security guard in the area thereafter escaped to unknown destination.

iii. On 11/11/2017 the syndicate blocked Durum – Yuga road shot and injured passengers on the route and also robbed them of two (2) Bajaj Motorcycles.

iv. On 24/10/2017 the syndicate stormed Bidolo Village, Bauchi LGA, robbed one Abubakar Abdullahi 34 yrs ‘m’ of the cash sum of six hundred thousand naira N600,000:00 and shot his wife one Furaira Abdullahi to death. They equally robbed one Abubakar Adamu 40yrs ‘m’ of the same address of his Bajaj Motorcycl e valued at N141,000:00