Monday, October 27, 2025 - Two suspected armed robbers, Aliyu Salihu and Jibrin Ndako, have been caught by operatives of the Niger State Police Command while attempting to flee from the scene of a robbery incident.
Salihu, 25 years old and Ndako, 22 years old, both of
Barkin-Saleh, Minna, were arrested at the Tungan-Shanu area of Maje with a
white unregistered Lucky motorcycle.
The spokesman for the command, Wasiu Abiodun, made this
known on Sunday in a statement in which he said both suspects robbed a student
in his lodge in the Bida Local Government Area
Both suspects claimed that they were fleeing to Kogi State
with their loot before they were arrested.
“On October 22, 2025 at about 6.45 pm, Police operatives
attached to Maje Div intercepted and arrested two suspects: Aliyu Salihu, 25
years and Jibrin Ndako, 22 years, both of Barkin-Saleh, Minna.
“The suspects were arrested at Tungan-Shanu area of Maje
with a white unregistered Lucky motorcycle.
“During investigation, it was revealed that the two
suspects, armed with cutlasses, had robbed a student in his lodge in Bida of
the motorcycle, four handsets and a sum of N40,000 on the same date at about
2.30 am.
“The suspects confessed to the crime and said that they were
escaping to Kogi State before the arrest,” Abiodun said.
The police spokesman said exhibits recovered from the
suspects include the motorcycle, four handsets, two ATM cards and a sum of
N7,000 remaining from the N40,000 robbed.
He said the suspects had been transferred to the State
Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
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