Monday, March 11, 2024 – Police in Niger State have arrested one Idris Bala, 30, of Masaka Area of Nasarawa State, who reportedly disguised to free his friend, one Adamu Saidu, 30, from IBB Specialist Hospital, Minna, where he was receiving treatment following his arrest for alleged robbery.
Niger State Police Command’s Public
Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun said his friend was being treated for
injuries he sustained during robbery operations at the Students’ lodges in
Gidan-Kwanu, the permanent site of the Federal University of Technology, Minna
when his friend tried to set him free at midnight.
He said, Idris Bala had succeeded in
destroying the police handcuff and was trying to escape with the suspect before
they were apprehended.
Abiodun said “On 06/2/2024 at about
0230hrs, Adamu Saidu was initially arrested at a robbery scene in the
Gidan-Kwano area of Minna. It was reported at Kpagungu Div that the said Saidu
with one Abdulrahman Musa, and one other presently at large, armed with
cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, invaded two lodges in Gidan-Kwano, and
robbed some students of over twenty-five handsets, a laptop and power
banks.”
He further explained” Consequently, one of
the victims raised an alarm, which attracted mob action, and the suspects were
pursued.
"Fortunately, one of the suspects;
Saidu was apprehended and injured by the mob. He was taken to the IBB
Specialist Hospital for treatment, while one laptop, fourteen handsets, two
power banks and a cutlass were recovered from him.
“Surprisingly, while the suspect was
receiving treatment in the hospital, Idris Bala surfaced and claimed to be the
suspect’s relative from Bauchi to care for him on the sick bed. In the process
of this care, at midnight, Idris destroyed the police handcuff used to secure
the suspect to the sick bed and attempted to escape with the suspect.”
He said while the 2 suspects were
re-arrested, Idris Bala claimed that he was told that Saidu was involved in a
motor accident, adding that he was sent by Saidu’s mother from Bauchi, but
later discovered that it was a robbery and he tried to escape with him.
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