- Safiu Kehinde
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested nine suspects over armed robbery and recovered some stolen vehicles in Abuja.
The suspects were apprehended following a report of robbery case on January 18.
As contained in a statement issued on Friday by the FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, the robbers broke into a residence in the Jikwoyi area of the territory.
They allegedly carted away the occupant personal belongings, an unspecified sum of money, and his Toyota Corolla vehicle with registration number KUJ 549 CW.
“Acting promptly on the report, police operatives attached to the Command’s Scorpion Squad commenced an extensive, intelligence-driven investigation.
“On Jan. 26, police operatives trailed and arrested the gang responsible for the robbery at their hideout in Nasarawa State.
“They were arrested while hibernating and planning another robbery attack in the Asokoro area of the FCT,” Adeh said.
The police spokesperson said four television sets, five HP laptops, two Lenovo laptops, one Zinox laptop, one Dell laptop, two generators and two solar batteries were recovered from the suspects.
She said other items recovered were one pumping machine, one DJ mixer machine, four club lights, one speaker, 10 bottles of Lambrusco wine, 60 bottles of red wine, one GOtv decoder, one knife and one cooking gas cylinder.
Adeh said one LG home theatre, one grey Toyota Camry with registration number MUS 234 CW, one ash-coloured Toyota Corolla with registration number KUJ 549 CW and one ash-coloured Toyota Camry with registration number MKD 372 AU were also recovered.
According to her, in the course of investigations, the suspects revealed that they usually sell the stolen vehicles to receivers in Kaduna and Kano states at prices ranging between N550,000 to N650,000.
She said investigations were being expanded to apprehend the receivers of the stolen vehicles, adding that the suspects would be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.