Police arrests 61 suspects for Thuggery, Armed Robbery in Niger State

Following the recent rise of Thuggery and Youth restiveness in Minna metropolis after the Sallah celebration, the Niger State Police Command says it has re-strategised and carried out sting operations in some locations in the metropolis.

The Operation between April 4 and 6 saw the arrest of about 50 suspected Thugs, Social Miscreants and Armed Robbers with dangerous weapons.

A statement by the spokesman of the Police, Superintendent Wasi’u Abiodun, on April 4 at about 2am, sting Operations led by Area Commander Minna within Angwan-Daji and its environs, saw the arrest of nineteen suspects who are between the ages of 17 and 22.

According to Abiodun, earlier on April 3 at about 2.30am, twenty-three suspects were arrested at a hotel within Tunga with Shisha smoking apparatus and other Illicit Drugs and Cannabis, while thirteen others were arrested within the community with dangerous weapons.

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Similarly, On April 5 at about 11.30pm, information was received from the Barkin-Sale area of Minna that some miscreants were fomenting trouble, and Operation Flush moved in immediately; six miscreants were arrested.

The suspects, who are also between the ages of 19 and 22, were arrested with a cutlass and a sharp knife.

All suspects are under investigation in SCID Minna. However, monitoring and raid of criminal hideout continues, while normalcy has been restored in the metropolis.

(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)