Attah Ede, Makurdi
The Benue State Police Command, has arrested two persons suspected to be cultists, armed robbers and fraudsters with 18 Sim cards and one locally made pistol in Makurdi, the state capital.
The command spokesperson SP Catherine Anene disclosed this in a press statement in Makurdi, Thursday.
According to her, On 5/4/2022 at about 1030hrs the Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, CP. Wale Abbas received a report that on the same date about 0300hrs, armed robbers broke into a house at New GRA Makurdi and made away with ATM cards, phones and other belongings.
He added that the CP deployed a team of detectives to trail and arrest the suspects but the suspects who knew that they were being trailed took to their heels until 15/6/2022 when two of the suspects; Sapele Great and Hakem Joseph Adi of different addresses were arrested in Makurdi.
“On 5/4/2022 at about 1030hrs the Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, CP. Wale Abbas received a report that on the same date about 0300hrs, armed robbers broke into a house at New GRA Makurdi and made away with ATM cards, phones, and other belongings.
“The robbers transferred three hundred thousand (#300,000) from the victim’s accounts using the stolen ATM cards.
“The following items were recovered from the suspects: one (1) locally made pistol loaded with nine (9) rounds of 6mm live ammunition, eight (8) phones suspected to be stolen, one (1) electronic shocking device”
Others items recovered were eighteen (18) SIM cards of different networks, one (1) United Bank for Africa cheque book belonging to Agasha Philemon Assume and other electronic devices suspected to be used to internet fraud.
SP Anene said the suspects confessed to be cultists, armed robbers and fraudsters, stressing that investigation is ongoing to arrest other suspects involved in the crime.
