The Jigawa state Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Ibrahim Abubakar, in connection with a case of armed robbery and one Usman Khalil, for posing as a Mobile Police Corporal.
The suspect, Ibrahim Abubakar who hails from Malamawa village, in the Dutse Local Government Area, was apprehended on June 18, 2023 at 6 p.m. based on intelligence gathering by police operatives attached to Kiyawa Division.
A statement by the state command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam, on Wednesday in Dutse, said that, Abubakar is suspected to be part of a syndicate terrorising the Shuwarin-Kiyawa axis.
The statement read: “On January 21, 2023 at 10:20 pm one Ibrahim Abubakar ‘m’ 29 years old, of Nafada LGA, Gombe State, reported at Kiyawa Police station that, on January 20, 2023, at 2100 hrs, while he was coming from Kano heading to Gombe state, hoodlums dressed in army uniform with guns and cutlasses, blocked Shuwarin to Andaza road and robbed him of the sum of N25,000 and seven GSM Android Handsets valued at N609,000.
“Efforts are in top gear to arrest the remaining gang members, upon completion of the investigation, the suspect will be charged in court.”
Similarly, the PPRO pointed out that a fake Mobile Police Corporal, one Usman Khalil, 25 years old, from Kano State, was arrested on June 20, 2023 at 4:40pm.
The fake officer was arrested by the police in connection with the case of impersonation by the Police Mobile attached to 35PMF Dutse Jigawa state.
He maintained that Khalil, a resident of Kano state, before his arrest, went to one Bako Aliyu at mechanic village in a police uniform and bought some food commodities worth N4,300.
The police spokesperson said that the suspect also collected N5,000, totaling N9,300 and promised to pay it back as soon as he fixed his salary account.
DSP Adam said that, “Aliyu Bako further alleged that the suspect usually comes to his shop in a Police uniform and sometimes with a gun.
“The suspect and exhibits were transferred to SCID Jigawa for a discreet investigation.”
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