ABU undergraduate, others in police net for robbery and terrorism

Firstclass newsline learnt that the Police in Kaduna on Thursday
paraded 16 members of a suspected terrorist group also known as
'Sara-Suka' in the Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government Area of Kauna
State.
Also in police net is a 15-man gang of suspected armed robbers, who
specialises in snatching cars, motorcycles, and women handbags in the
state and other neighbouring states in the North.
The suspected robbers paraded among is a 20-year-old boy and a
200-Level Accountancy student of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
Ibrahim Kabir, who had confessed to the crime.
He told reporters during an interview how he got himself involved in
the crime, but begged for forgiveness.
He also explained how they sold the stolen vehicles at give away prices.
In all, 31 suspected criminals are now cooling their heels behind bars
in the state, according to the State Commissioner of Police, Umar
Shehu.
Parading the suspects at the Bida Road Headquarters of the Command in
Kaduna on Thursday, Shehu said an an AK47 rifle, four barreta
pistols, four single barreled short guns, five single barreled long
guns, 39 rounds of live ammunition and 92 live cartridges were
recovered from them.
The commissioner said the robbery suspects were arrested in Zaria,
Kafanchan and the state capital by operatives of the Special
Intelligence Bureau of the command while on a stop and search
operation following a tip-off by members of the public.
He said during the operation, a total of eight assorted vehicles,
including a Prado jeep and 14 motorcycles were also recovered from the
suspected robbers.
"This is one of the biggest arrests so far made by the command in the
last one year, as all the suspects were apprehended just within the
month of May, 2015," the police commissioner said.
The commissioner added that the suspects sold off the stolen vehicles
in the Republic of Niger to their accomplices.
He said the command was working closely with the Interpol in Niger
Republic to track down the remaining stolen vehicles and their buyers.
Meanwhile, the police commissioner alleged that the 16 members of the
terrorist group, 'Sara-Suka' had been terrorising the people of Rigasa
and its environs in the Igabi Local Government Area of the state.
He stated that the suspected terrorist group had been attacking
residents and later killed a middle-aged man and injured two others
Firstclassnewsline.net