By Ife Osemedua
365Daily– The Borno State police has disclosed the arrest of two soldiers and three civilians over alleged armed robbery and culpable homicide.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abdu Umar, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Maiduguri that the suspects robbed a Point of Sale (POS) agent, Mr. Yusuf Usman.
He said the robbery took place on February 6, 2022, at GSM Market, Bulumkutu. According to him, the gang shot and killed a man and injured another.
The Commissioner added that operatives of the Command initially arrested three of the suspects – Mustapha Lawan, alias Bakura Dantawaye, Abubakar Mohammed, alias Bro Shagi, and Umar Ibrahim.
He further said the trio confessed to the crime and named two other members of the gang, who are soldiers; Pte lgogo Michael, Pte Jibrin Adamu.
Umar said that the police and Military Police trailed and arrested the two soldiers on Sunday, adding that they also confessed to the crime.
“They (two soldiers) were court martialed by the military authority before being transferred to the command for further investigation,’’ he said.
Umar further disclosed that the police also arrested some suspected armed robbers in the last five months for allegedly attacking POS operators in Maiduguri.
(NAN)