By Victor Akan
The Police Command in Niger says it has arrested two suspects for conspiracy, theft of motorcycles and receiving stolen property.
This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Tuesday in Minna
Wasiu said that the feat was achieved in continuation of the command’s effort to check crimes and criminality in the state.
He said that on April 3, at about 2.30pm, based on a complaint received, the Crack Squad of the command arrested two suspects.
According to him, the suspects are Mohammed Usman, 18 years of Tunga, Minna, while Mohammed Kola 22 years of Paiko area.
“It was reported that on March 28, at about 5 pm, the said Usman boarded a motorcycle to a hotel around Tunga by Old City-gate.
“After dropping, he invited the cyclist to his hotel room, while he tricked the cyclist, took his motorcycle key and locked him in the room and made away with the motorcycle.
“In the course of investigation, police detectives swung into action and arrested Abdullahi who has a pending case of criminal force and assault over a gang fight at a mining site in Paiko,”he said.
Abiodun said that Abdullahi led police operatives to a mining site in Paiko where Usman was waiting for him to collect the proceeds of the crime, and he was arrested.
The spokesperson further said that two motorcycles were recovered from Abdullahi and he confessed that Usman brought the motorcycles to him for sale.
He said that Usman also confessed to the crime and stated that he stole one of the motorcycles from Obajana, in Kogi at a mining site early in March.
He said that the two suspects were under going investigation in Crack Squad office, with the two recovered motorcycles.
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