Police arrest footballer armed
robber, other in Bayelsa
By Amos Okioma
Bayelsa State Police Command
has arrested a suspected footballer armed robber, Emmanuel Tibofa, twenty eight
armed robbers’, three Kidnappers and numerous cultists across the communities
of Bayelsa state.
The suspected
armed robber footballer plies his trade with Bayelsa United Feeders Team. The
Police Command disclosed that Tibofa who is also member of Greenland cult group
was arrested while he and his gang were dispossessing Swali market traders in
Yenagoa of their money and wares, adding that he was arrested with locally made
pistol while is his gang members escaped.
Parading the suspects in the state Police Command, Commissioner of Police, Asuquo Amba said the arrested suspects are gangs of cultists, armed robbers and kidnappers that have been terrorizing residents of the state.
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| some of the suspect |
Parading the suspects in the state Police Command, Commissioner of Police, Asuquo Amba said the arrested suspects are gangs of cultists, armed robbers and kidnappers that have been terrorizing residents of the state.
According to
him, the criminal suspects were arrested at various locations in the state,
adding that most of the suspects are known for robbing bank customers, keke
riders and residents of the city.
The command, Amba said made great success in the month of May for arresting two notorious criminal gangs who specialized in raiding Youth Corpers lodge and dispossessed them of their valuable items ranging from handsets, laptops and cash he insisted that Bayelsa state has no room for armed robbers, kidnappers and cultists and vowed that night lives would soon return to the city
“Our strategy in fighting crimes and criminalities in the state is paying off over the months as we have made success in apprehending 28 armed robbers, 3 notorious kidnappers and other cultist groups terrorizing the state.
The command, Amba said made great success in the month of May for arresting two notorious criminal gangs who specialized in raiding Youth Corpers lodge and dispossessed them of their valuable items ranging from handsets, laptops and cash he insisted that Bayelsa state has no room for armed robbers, kidnappers and cultists and vowed that night lives would soon return to the city
“Our strategy in fighting crimes and criminalities in the state is paying off over the months as we have made success in apprehending 28 armed robbers, 3 notorious kidnappers and other cultist groups terrorizing the state.
“We want to
ensure that the Inspector General of Police directives to make kidnapping non lucrative
business in the state is paying off” he said.
He said his
men equally foiled an armed robbery attempt to rob a bank customer of the sum
of N150,000 inside a tricycle motor bike along Yenagoa road on Thursday
morning, adding that they have also arrested one Abas Mohammed a notorious
armed robber for snatching the sum of N38,500 from a woman who withdraw money
from a bank
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‘We equally
recovered various stolen items from these robbers and cultists. The items are
six locally made pistols, 16 live cartridges, one battle axe, one Toyota Camry
car and one 9mm live ammunitions.
“Bayelsa state is not under siege, Bayelsa state is a peaceful state. There is no security gap in the state. I promised that night life would soon return to the state capital,” Amba who assured the public that the suspect would be charged to court and prosecuted after thorough investigations disclosed.
“Bayelsa state is not under siege, Bayelsa state is a peaceful state. There is no security gap in the state. I promised that night life would soon return to the state capital,” Amba who assured the public that the suspect would be charged to court and prosecuted after thorough investigations disclosed.
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