Bauchi state police command has arrested three suspected armed robbers that allegedly carried out an attack on commuters plying Kano to Maiduguri highway recently.
Briefing journalists at state command in Bauchi, the commissioner of police, Philip Maku said two suspects who aired and posted mischievous allegations against the police on social media that the policemen who were at the scene of the robbery were on a rescue mission were also involved in the robbery.
The police commissioner also refuted a report carried by the Hausa service of the Voice of America (VOA) recently insinuating that the recent armed robbery attack in Dambam local government area of the state was perpetrated by his officers.
“It may interest the general public to know that discreet investigation in the case had led to the arrest of three suspects as follows; Shehu Abdullahi, 20 years, Babawuro Jauro Sani, 27 years, Wada Wakili Musa.
“The above mentioned suspects conspired with seven others now at large on 18/02/2020 at about 3am armed with Dane guns, machetes, sticks, knives and other dangerous weapons, barricaded the Kano-Maiduguri federal highway with log of woods and attacked a Sharon vehicle with registration number XA-300-ABS conveying passengers traveling from Kebbi to Maiduguri and robbed them of their belongings”,he said.
The police commissioner noted that sequel to the investigation on the audio record aired on international radio station, Voice of America (VOA Hausa) and injurious comments on Facebook against the police as being responsible for the armed robbery attack, suspects including the person that granted interview to VOA and another person who allegedly made inciting post on Facebook on the matter have been nabbed.
“I wish to reassure the general public that the command will continue to carry out diligent investigation into this case and ensure that no stone is left upturned regarding this incident. Equally, the command will not relent on its oars in ensuring that the state remain peaceful and secured”, he said.
