April 7, (THEWILL)- The Plateau State Command of the Nigeria Police has paraded an alleged gunrunner and an escapee of the Jos Jailbreak of 2021 alongside 44 suspected criminal elements for committing various crimes of conspiracy and culpable homicide.
Commissioner for Police , CP Hassan Steve Yabanet, FCID, Yabanet made this disclosure during a press briefing held at the Command headquarters in Jos at the weekend.
He said the crime suspects were apprehended through intelligence information received from the DPO Bokkos who acted on the tip-off that led to a crackdown by the state team of IGP intervention squad.
He also disclosed that the operation led to the arrest of one Saddam Abdulmumuni male of Angwan Shukur of Bokkos town who was an escapee of the 2021 Jos Jail Break.
” The suspect is currently under investigation at the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the Command. He will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is completed,” he said, adding that on the Friday at about 6:pm while on routine patrol around Bauchi Road, Jos North, SWAT operatives apprehended one Mohammed Awal of Filin Sukuwa area of Jos North LGA who with his gang members stabbed one Halima Hussaini female of Angwan Rogo of Jos North on her left hand and dispossessed her of TECNO handset. “When a search was conducted in his house and premises, one long cutlass was recovered. The suspect will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.”
Another suspect was one Noel Chung (male), 30 years of Mountain Green Ji-yap, Jos, who was arrested with one fabricated locally made gun, following complaints by members of the public of incessant robbery along Old Airport Road.
Yabanet appreciated members of the general public for their cooperation, support and encouraged them, “to continue to give us timely and accurate information to enable us stem the tide of crime in the State. I also thank our esteemed members of the fourth estate of the realm for their commitment in reporting the activities of the police.”
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