Police Foil Kidnapping, Armed Robbery Attempt On Nasarawa Highway

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command person foiled a kidnapping and equipped robbery effort on the Keffi–Akwanga road and arrested a fishy successful the offensive.

The suspects were said to person blocked the engaged road astatine a spot adjacent Angwan Mayo assemblage connected September 30 successful a bid to transportation retired their nefarious activities.

According to the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ramhan Nansel, the Commissioner of Police successful the state, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, swiftly mobilised the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Garaku Division and his men to the country pursuing a distress call.

“On arrival, the operatives engaged the criminals successful a fierce weapon battle. The hoodlums, overwhelmed by superior firepower, fled into the forest, immoderate suspected to person escaped with gunshot injuries.

“Undeterred, the constabulary sustained the cognition and launched a counter-ambush astatine astir 0430hrs connected the aforesaid date, starring to the apprehension of 1 suspect, Aondoaver Thiom of Ise Kiragbe, Kadarko, Nasarawa State,” helium explained.

The PPRO said 2 revolver guns with ammunition, which see 4 unrecorded 7.62mm rounds, 3 unrecorded cartridges, and 2 expended cartridges and different items from the fishy were recovered.

Nansel said the fishy confessed to being a subordinate of a syndicate operating from Yelwata municipality successful Guma section authorities country of Benue State and Kadarko municipality successful Keana LGA of Nasarawa State.

He added that the syndicate had been terrorising motorists on the road for implicit 2 months.

“He further provided utile accusation linking different pack members presently astatine large,” helium added.

The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police has directed the DPO to enactment intimately with the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Lafia, to guarantee the apprehension of the fleeing suspects and reconstruct lasting bid and information on the highway.

The Command assures the nationalist of its unwavering committedness to escaped the authorities of transgression elements and called connected residents to stay vigilant and proceed to supply timely accusation to the police.