Police nab armed robbery suspects using army uniform, recover weapons, cash

Police nab armed robbery suspects using army uniform, recover weapons, cash

The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has said that its operatives arrested two suspected armed robbers in army uniform terrorising parts of the Ekye Development Area in the Doma Local Government Area of the state.

The Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who made this known in a statement issued on Saturday, said the police arrested the suspects during an operation carried out on Thursday night following a complaint by residents.

Nansel, who identified the suspects as Abdullahi Basso and Saidu Isah, said that the command received complaints of weekly armed robberies on Thursday nights by persons clad in military uniforms along Doma-Rukubi Road in the Ekye community of the state.

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He said that upon their arrest, the sum of N300,000, a knife and other items were recovered from them.