Police arrest couple for alleged theft, robbery, abduction in Yobe

Police arrest couple for alleged theft, robbery, abduction in Yobe

Yobe State Police Command says its operatives have arrested a couple who specialised in robbing unsuspecting members of the public of their valuables.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), DSP Dungus Abdulkarim disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Damaturu on Thursday.

The suspects, according to the statement are: Abdullahi Ibrahim, aged 25 and Khadija Ali, aged 20, who disguised as Christians and defrauded their unsuspecting victims by claiming to have converted to Islam.

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“On 4th June 2023, at about 1600hrs, they (suspects) approached Gudi Emirate Council in Fika LGA, disguising as Christian faithful from Plateau State and intending to convert to Islam.

“They were subsequently accepted and converted to Islam and, as such, placed in the custody of the Chief Imam to accommodate them for teaching and proper guidance”, the PPRO said.

The PPRO added that the suspects robbed the Imam’s son of his motorcycle after his father assigned him to accompany them to a nearby bush to collect some ash from the debris of thunder stroke spot to prepare traditional medicine for their underlying ailments.

“The matter was later reported to the Fika Divisional Police headquarters, where immediate efforts commenced to trail the culprits.