Police nabs gang who stole over N2 million from POS vendor

Admin I Wednesday, October 09, 2024

 

KATSINA – The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a four man robbery gang who conspired among themselves to steal the sum of N2 million from a POS vendor in the state.

In a statement, Police Public Relations Officer in the State, ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu said the four-man syndicate of suspected armed robbers were busted in October 1.

“ The suspects; Basiru Ayuba, m, aged 22 years, Muhammed Musa, ‘M’, aged 45 years, all of Babban Mutum, Baure LGA, Abubakar Abdullahi, ‘M’, 20 years, and Musa Rabi’u, ‘M’, aged 20 years, were arrested in connection with a suspected case of armed robbery”, he said.

He added that on 6th September, 2024, at about 0300hrs, the suspects criminally conspired and trespassed into the house of one Rabi’u Umar, ‘M’ of Babban Mutum, Baure LGA, a POS vendor, where they robbed him of the sum of two million and 70 Naira, a techno Camon 20 phone and  15 Libyan dinars.

He said items found on them when arrested include Two million and seventy thousand Naira (#2,070,000) cash neatly concealed in a black bag, Tecno Camon 20 and 15 dinars of Libyan.