Police arrets Five men linked with a series of armed robberies and kidnappings along the Numan-Jalingo.
\nIn a statement obtained Tuesday morning, the Adamawa State Police Command, made it known that its operatives, working in collaboration with hunters on May 10, 2024, arrested the suspects.<\/p>\n
According to police \u201cThe arrest was as a result of a timely response to distress calls made to police that the road linking Numan and Jalingo of Adamawa and Taraba States, respectively, was blocked by armed robbers.\u201d
\nThe statement, signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said a timely response yielded a positive result, as five out of seven were arrested.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspects, on May 9, 2024, at about 11:30pm armed themselves with offensive weapons, blocked Numan-Jalingo Road, robbed commuters of their belongings and kidnapped three of the passengers into a thick forest.
\n\u201cThe Command\u2019s response team aggressively gave a hot chase to the kidnappers, leading to their arrest, recovery of offensive weapons and successful rescue of the kidnapped victims,\u201d the statement explained.
\nF The suspects were identified as Adamu Usman, 25; Sule Abba, 20; Abdullahi Muhammed, 20; Aliyu Abubakar, 26; and Isah Musa, 25.<\/p>\n
It said the suspects are residents of Kedemure and Barikin Sajo of Demsa and Song local government areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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