By Francis Nansak, Lafia Lafia
Collaboration between the police and the military has yielded huge victory in the fight against crime in Nasarawa State.
The Nasarawa State Police Command has reported the arrest of Two armed robbers , recovery of exhibits was achieved.
This was contained in a Press release issued to newsmen on Saturday by the Police Command public relations officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel.
It reads that “On 29/6/2024 at about 0310hrs, a distress call was received by the Divisional Police officer, Karshi, about an ongoing armed robbery operation around Karshi by-pass
” Upon receipt of the information, Police operatives, in collaboration with the military, swiftly moved to the scene. On sighting security agents, the criminals opened fired on them where a gun duel ensued.
“Consequently, two of the criminals were fatally injured and rushed to the hospital, where they subsequently died while receiving treatment, and others escaped with bullet wounds.
The statement further asserted that the general area was combed by the combined team where two suspects namely: Yusuf Lawal ‘M’ 27yrs a resident of Nyanya FCT and Hamza Abdullahi ‘M’ of orange market, Mararaba whom both hail from Bauchi state were arrested in connection to the commission of the crime
Exhibits recovered from the suspects include: 3 cartridges, 3 Cutlasses, 19 handsets of different brands, 2 Laptops, 9 pairs of shoes, a wrist watch, 1 MP 3 player, 1 power bank, 3 torches, 3 bags, 2 ear pods, a smoother, sachets of Milk and Milo and the sum of two thousand-six hundred Naira.
The commissioner of police , CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has commended the officers for a job well done and charges them to sustain the tempo.