Crime
Police Arrest 2 Suspected Criminals Terrorizing Motorists Otukpo/Enugu Road
The suspects, who are in their 20s, claimed to be coming from Umuahia, in Enugu State.
Operatives of the Benue State Police Command have arrested two suspected members of criminal syndicates terrorizing motorists and commuters along Aliade/Otukpo/Enugu road.
The suspects, Yahaya Musa and Yahaya Audu, were arrested along Ogbadibo/Otukpo federal highway in the early hours of Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
It will be recalled that Aliade-Otukpo-Ogbadibo-Enugu road has been a hot spot for criminals in recent times.
Several people including politicians, lecturers and other road users had fallen into the hands of kidnappers and robbers along the road.
The Spokesperson of the command, Catherine Anene who confirmed the arrest to newsmen, said that the criminals were armed with a pistol and ammunition.
She said that the suspects, who are in their 20s, claimed to be coming from Umuahia, in Enugu State.
According to her, operatives of the Safer Highway intercepted the hoodlums who suspected their movement following incidents of passengers being kidnapped and their belongings dispossessed.
“The suspects, Yahaya Musa and Yahaya Audu, who are in their twenties are natives of Benue State,” she stated.
She said that their arrest came after the commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass, ordered the deployment of more police operatives on the road for more visibility policing following reports of kidnappings and armed robbery cases.
Anene however, expressed optimism that the arrest of the two suspects will help unravel others just as she called on the public and members of the community to avail the police with useful information to nip crime in the bud.
She called on the public and members of the community to avail the police useful information that will help the security agencies to nip crime in the bud.
Items recovered from the hoodlums include a locally made pistol, ammunition and a motorcycle.