POLICE NAB 2 HUNTERS TURNED "SHILA" BOYS FOR ROBBING 2 OF N53, 500

 

Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 2 Local Hunters who turned "Shila" boys for allegedly robbing 2 persons of the sum of N53, 500 as well as handset.

The suspects including Abdullahi Suleiman, 43, of Kasuwan Katako along Numan road and Muhammed Musa, 43, of Ajiya Street admitted having perpetrated the crime.

The hunters who were armed with knives, cutlasses and sticks and pretended to be police officers, arrested 3 people at Mubi Roundabout between 8:00pm to 9:00pm on the 20th January, 2023.

The hunters handcuffed their victims, put them in a tricycle and threatened to take them to police headquarters for investigation.

Arriving at flyover enroute to police headquaters, the local hunters stopped the tricycle, searched one of their victims and released him, remaining a young man identified as Moses Donatus and one other.

Instead of going to police headquaters, the hunters followed SPY to bank road with the remaining 2 victims and demanded everyone of them must bail himself.

Along SPY road, the hunters stopped their tricycle again and started beating Donatus, cut his hair with a knife as a result of which he sustained severe injuries.

They eventually collected the sum of N3, 500 and handset from Donatus after barbing him and the sum of 50, 000 from one other unsuspecting victim as bail fees.

After securing their freedom, Donatus, went and lodged a complaint at Karewa Police Station which led to the arrest of the suspects.

The suspects have since confessed commting the crime while being interrogated by the spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje.

SP Nguroje, assured that the accused will be charged to court for prosecution as ordered by the Commissioner of Police, SK Akande.