Police in Gombe State have arrested four men for goat stealing: Hassan Adamu, 18, Abdulaziz Abubakar, 20, Abdullahi Shuaibu, 25, and one other.
While paraded the suspects, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, stated that the gang normally operated in a tricycle.
He said, “Men of the Gombe division acted on an intelligence report on a syndicate of thieves that specialised in using tricycles to steal goats from Malam Inna and Wuro Kesa communities, and selling them. They were arrested at their various hideouts; the suspects confessed voluntarily to having carried out the act.”
He disclosed that the four suspects confessed to the crime.
“Investigation is still ongoing and the case will soon be taken to court. Exhibits recovered included one tricycle and one goat.”
Meanwhile, Abubakar displayed four suspected robbers, Adamu Mohammed, 21, Abdulmummini Saidu, 20, and Ibrahim Adamu, 19, for allegedly robbing four Gombe Science Technical College, Kwami, pupils of their goods.
Abubakar stated that their arrest followed an official complaint from the college principal that four of his students had been robbed on their way to school.
The suspects were accused of plotting and attacking the victims with cutlasses and sticks.
One Gionee phone F200, valued at 14,000 with an Airtel SIM card; one Tecno Camon, worth at N9,000; one Vivo A51, valued at 17,000; one mp3 player and 500 in cash were taken from the kids.
According to Abubakar, the suspects confessed to committing the act that the case would soon taken to court.
“Exhibits recovered included two sharp cutlasses, one stick, one mp3 player and two mobile phones,” he added.
