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Police Arrest 2 Robbery Suspects, 3 NYSC Impersonators

Submitted by LEADERSHIP EDITORS on March 20, 2012 - 4:20am

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Two suspected armed robbers, Musa Ibrahim Tahir and Abubakar Abdullahi were yesterday arrested by the police in Bauchi State.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the State Command, Mr Hassan Muhammad who disclosed this in a press statement made available to LEADERSHIP said the suspects are being held for robbing one Sani Aminu of the sum of N498,000 and a black berry phone.

 He revealed that the accused persons were nabbed after they allegedly snatched the property of the victim, adding that they were also unable to explain how they obtained the money and the phone when they were apprehended.

Muhammad said investigation into the matter was ongoing after which the culprits would be prosecuted.

 Meanwhile the PPRO said  the command had arraigned three impersonators before a court in Bauchi for allegedly presenting themselves as members of the National Youth Service Corps [NYSC] and graduants of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi at the NYSC Orientation camp in the state.

The police spokesman explained that:  “the three impersonators are Abdulrasheed Abdulkadir, Ibuwo Kazeem and Isma’ila Aliyu, they went to the NYSC camp Wailo and fraudulently presented themselves as Youth Corps members and students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University.”

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