The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers and recovered several stolen items, including mobile phones, clothes, and cutlasses.
Ahmed Wakil, Police spokesman, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday and made available to journalists in Bauchi.
Items recovered from the suspects include a travelling bag, two sets of clothes, two pairs of sneakers, two sharp cutlasses, an Android phone, a keypad phone, and two torchlights.
According to Wakil, preliminary investigations revealed that one of the suspects, identified as Alhassan Jibrin, popularly known as Babani Biri of Danjuma Goje area, abandoned his phone at the scene of a robbery operation, which later led to his arrest. The other suspects were named as Lawan Adamu, Lawan Idris, and Muhammad Yau.
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He added that the suspects confessed to conspiring among themselves to attack and rob residents of houses located behind the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) along Jos Road, Bauchi, on different occasions.
Sani-Omolori Aliyu, Commissioner of Police, has ordered that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation, after which the suspects will be charged to court.
