Police in Yobe arrest suspected transformer vandal

The Police Command in Yobe said it has arrested one Saminu Garba, 23, for allegedly vandalising transformer cable at State Low-Cost in Damaturu.

DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, spokesman of the command, stated this in a statement in Damaturu on Saturday.

He said personnel of the command arrested Garba in possession of the cable in the area on Thursday when they became suspicious of him.

Abdulkarim said investigation revealed that Garba and two members of his syndicate, Audu Ismail and Abba Mohammed, were allegedly involved in several acts of transformer vandalism in Damaturu and its environs.

The spokesman said the police were on the trail of Ismail and Mohammed, who were still at large.

He said that the state Police Commissioner, Garba Ahmed, has warned vandals to repent and desist from the act or face the wrath of the law.

Abdulkarim appealed to the public to assist the police with credible information to effectively fight crime.

Police in Yobe arrest suspected transformer vandal

Police arrest 6 suspected phone snatchers in Niger

The Police Command in Niger has arrested six suspect for allegedly snatching mobile phones  in the state.

SP Wasiu Abiodun, the Police Command’s spokesman, said in Minna on Tuesday that the suspects were arrested on May 4.

He said the suspects were arrested based on credible intelligence received by police operatives attached to the  intelligence department of the Command.

He said that preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects broke into a residence within Kutirko-Fadikpe area of Minna, carted away iPhones and Redmi note phones.

Abiodun said the suspects had confessed to the crime, and also claimed that they sold the phones to Sule Attahiru, Abdullahi Mohammed and Shamsudeen Sabiu of Rafin-Yashi, Odu’oye Quarters and Darusalam areas respectively in Minna.

Also, the spokesman said that another suspect from Badeggi, Katcha Local Government Area was arrested with a victim’s android phone while attempting to format and unlock the handset on May 6.

He said the suspect could not give a satisfactory account of the phone and was suspected to have robbed and dispossessed the owner of the gadget

He said all the suspects were under investigation. 

Police arrest 6 suspected phone snatchers in Niger

Police Inspector detained for cutting off his pregnant wife’s hand over N3000 in Jos

A Police Inspector has been detained for allegedly cutting off his pregnant wife’s hand over N3000 in the Dong area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The report earlier gathered that the man committed the act after his wife allegedly took N3000 out of his savings.

It was gathered that the Inspector left the money at home and when he came looking for the money, an argument ensued leading to him turning violent.

The spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed that the suspect has been picked up and the investigation is ongoing.

“We are aware of the incident, the man is an Inspector. Right now, he is at the State CID and the investigation is ongoing,” the PPRO told the Vanguard.

“He has a minor misunderstanding with his wife over some money. They had an argument over some N20,000 he kept in the house and he said he was looking for the money to do something and an argument ensued. The case is under investigation.”

A neighbour who didn’t want to be named said, “The wife is pregnant, she refused to give the man N3,000 from the N20,000. The argument was heated and before we knew it, the man cut off her hand. No one can say why he did that but we were concerned about her she was rushed to a hospital.”

Police Inspector detained for cutting off his pregnant wife’s hand over N3000 in Jos