Adamawa Police arrest 4 armed robbers for stealing tricycle

Adamawa Police arrest 4 armed robbers for stealing tricycle

The Adamawa State Police Command said it has arrested four suspected armed robbers and recovered stolen tricycle in their possession.

The suspects identified as Abdullahi Yusuf, 22yrs, Umar Yahaya 20yrs, Hassan Ishaka, 24yrs and Shuaibu Abubakar, 19yrs are residents of Kwabura Village, Hawal LGA in Borno State.

They were arrested on April 7th, 2024, after attacking a tricyclist, Nuhu Muhammed, in an attempt to disposses him of his tricycle along Jimeta-Mubi Bridge.

 

Tricycle recovered from the suspects

 

A statement by the image maker of the command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said investigations revealed that the suspects boarded the tricycle to a certain location at Vunoklang in Girei LGA.

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He said while on their way to the said location, the suspects applied force on their victim, threatened him with dangerous weapons, pushed him out of the tricycle and went away with it.

According to him, a swift response from the Jimeta Division Patrol Team led to the arrest of the suspects.

He said, “The Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo Morris, assured that the suspects will be charged to court for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery upon the completion of all investigations.

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