Police Arrest 2 Motorcycle Snatchers In Bauchi

Operatives of the Bauchi State police command have arrested two suspected motorcycle snatchers who specialise in beaten-up commercial motorcyclists and making away with their motorcycles.

The two suspects are Mustapha Adam (25) of Anguwan Mahaukata and Jafar Lawan (31) of Gudun Hausawa area of Bauchi.

The police said on July 27, 2023, Adam and Lawan disguised as passengers and boarded an Okada man, one Kabiru Muhammadu (30-year-old) of Magaji quarters area Bauchi at the Central Market to old airport area in Bauchi metropolis.

“At Wikki Oil axis, they brought out a trailer-wheel spanner and hit him on his head which he sustained a serious injury on his head and fell unconscious,” according to a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Ahmed Mohammed Wakil.

Wakil further said, the command immediately drafted a team of detectives and swiftly rushed to the scene evacuating the victim to specialist hospital in Bauchi for medical attention.

“The detectives trailed the culprits and they were successfully apprehended before arriving at their safe haven within Bauchi Metropolis,” he said.

Police preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects are notorious and professional motorcycle snatchers within and outside of the state.

The police said, “during Interrogation, the suspects confessed to the allegation against them and sound remorseful.”

Wakil said investigation is still on, after which the suspects would be profiled and charged to court for prosecution on the established offences accordingly.