A infamous armed robber and kidnap syndicate has been smashed by the Plateau State Police Command with the arrest of some suspects who’ve been terrorizing communities within the Bassa Native Authorities Space of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Adesina, who disclosed this whereas parading the suspects on the Command’s headquarters in Jos on Tuesday, mentioned they have been arrested on account of credible intelligence gathering by police personnel.
Whereas briefing newsmen in the course of the train, CP Adesina mentioned the Command had obtained a misery name on August 13, 2025, from Abubakar Mohammadu, Nasiru Umar, and Haruna Mohammed, all residents of the Kishika space, Binchin Village of Bassa LGA.
In response to the police chief, the trio reported that on July 27, 2025, at about 10:00 p.m., whereas on their approach from Bukuru Cattle Market the place that they had offered three cows, they have been attacked and robbed by some armed hoodlums with a domestically made gun.
“In the course of the assault, the hoodlums robbed them of the next sums of cash: Six Hundred Thousand Naira (N600,000.00), 4 Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Naira (N418,000.00), and 9 Hundred Thousand Naira (N900,000.00), totaling about One Million, 9 Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Naira (N1,918,000.00), all proceeds from the sale of their cows,” Adesina mentioned.
Persevering with, he mentioned the victims have been additionally robbed of their telephones, knives, and strolling sticks.
“Following the report, detectives from the Bassa Division instantly swung into motion, and because of this, the next suspects have been arrested in reference to the offense: Jafaru Sale, Abdulsalam Adam, and Mamuda Musa.
“The suspects confessed to being chargeable for the armed robberies which were carried out within the Bassa and Jengre communities,” he added.
The Police Commissioner additional revealed that the Command made one other breakthrough in Langtang South LGA the place a domestically fabricated rifle was recovered from the house of a suspected kidnap kingpin throughout a search.
The CP added that although the suspect had escaped in the course of the raid, efforts are on to trace and arrest him.
