POLICE NABBED Suspects WHO Has Been Involved In Gun Making For 17 Years.

He said that the suspects would be charged to court on conclusion of investigation.

Mr. Bello said that the command also arrested five armed robbery suspects at Apo roundabout and Kabusa areas of the FCT.

The suspects are: Hashiru Isiaka, 30, of Kuruduma, Umar Adamu, 20, of Area 1 Garki, Tukur Bala, 25, also of Area 1 Garki, Bashiru Mohhamed, 25, of Durumi and Benjamin Jatau, 29, of Kabusa.

He said that Mr. Jatau was arrested by operatives of the command on Sept. 15 during a stop and search at Dantata Bridge in Jabi.

Bello said items recovered from the suspect are: one revolver pistol with two rounds of live ammunition, one revolver pistol and one locally made pistol, Nokia cell phone, Indian hemp, charm and screw driver.

“The exhibits were discovered by the police during a search conducted on the bag the suspect was carrying while on transit from Jabi to Kabusa in a tricycle,” he said.

He said that the suspect, an ex-convict, confessed that the guns, which he bought for N50,000 was to be used for a major robbery operation around Kabusa and environs.

“The suspect and exhibits have been transferred to the command Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for discreet investigation and prosecution,” he said.

He said Mr. Isiaka, Adamu Bala, and Mr. Mohammed were arrested on September 20 by the command SARS while responding to a distress call about a robbery at Apo roundabout.

The commissioner said that Mr. Adamu was arrested at the scene of the crime while his cohorts who fled on sighting the operatives, were later arrested on September 9.

He said that the suspects robbed and dispossessed two of their victims of N120,000.

Mr. Bello said that suspects would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation.

He said with the support and cooperation of the public, the command would continue to track and arrest criminals in the territory.

“This arrest goes to show that the command will not go to sleep, residents have a stake and should feel free to give police information,” he said.

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