Security operatives arrest suspected armed robbers in Kaduna

ACTING on a tip off, the combined armed security force made up of the Operation Yaki Patrol team and the state Armed Robbery Special Squad have arrested six suspected notorious armed robbers in Kaduna State.

Those arrested were Habila Iliya alias Idowu, Sani Adamu alias Yautai, Abubakar Mohammed, Friday Stephen, Hamza Abdullahi and Ibrahim Badamasi alias Namadobi.

The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Samuel Aruwan, in a statement yesterday said that the suspects have been terrorizing the Kaduna residents for a while before they were apprehended by security forces.

The team of security operatives, acting on a tip off swiftly arrested the suspects at their various hideouts.

According to Aruwan, the suspects have, “confessed to be responsible for the killing of two policemen on patrol and taking away their rifles, as well as series of robberies within Kaduna metropolis and its environs.”

“An AK47 rifle, one locally made gun, one locally made pistol and assorted house breaking implements were recovered from them. Investigations are in progress to establish the profiles of the suspects for possible prosecution.”