As if the coronavirus pandemic was not enough, sime people have decided to take to making life even more uncomfortable for their fellow neighbors as they now have taken to the act of robbing them of the little theu have to manage.
Cases have being reported with severity of the issue in places like Agege, Iyana-ipaja, Ojodu, etc areas of Lagos state and as well.some parts of Ogun state. Lately another has come up in another part of the country and alas this is from the Northern side.
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday had reportedly nabbed a 28-year-old female member of a kidnap gang infamous for perpetrating crimes in Sokoto, Kebbi, Kaduna and Niger States.
It said Fatima Garba, who was the armourer of the gang, was arrested alongside other members.
Fatima, who confessed of being the gang’s armorer for over a year, claimed to receive a handsome reward each time the weapons were returned to her after each operation.
She further acknowledged knowing that the arms which she usually kept in a neatly dug hole in her compound were used for robberies, kidnapping and other criminal purposes. All these statements were part of the evidences gathered by the police force.
Fatima is known to be trader and single mother of two, she made it known in her statement that she was recruited into this criminal act by her alleged boyfriend, Abubakar Usman.
Below are some images of the recovered items
The Police said other members of the gang have been arrested, most of these culprits according to.the information belwo are still youths in their early ages. Below are their details:
#Samaila Usman ‘M' aged 28,
#Mohammed Ibrahim ‘M’ aged 30,
#Mohammed Agali ‘M’ aged 22,
#Dahiru Bello ‘M’ aged 33,
#Shamsu Mohammed ‘M’ aged 30,
#Mohammed Usman ‘M’ aged 37,
#Umar Abdullahi ‘M’ 33,
#Buhari Abubakar ‘M’ aged 33 and
#Abubakar Garba ‘M’ aged 37.”
Some of the many items that were also recovered from the gang including five AK47 rifles, one G3 rifle, one Berretta pistol, 1476 rounds of ammunition, 36 rounds of G3 ammunition, six AK47 magazines, one operational vehicle, eight mobile phones and a box containing operational tools.
“All the suspects will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigations,” the Police stated, noting that it would continue to ensure the protection of lives and property especially during the lock down period.