The Niger State Police Command has announced the arrest of two suspected criminals over allegations of conspiracy and car theft.
The stolen car was recovered from the suspects by Police Operatives attached to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) in Minna, the Headquarters of the State Police Command.
A press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the State Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, and made available to journalists on Thursday in Minna, stated that the suspects are Gwaza Bulus, a 41-year-old who claimed to be an indigene of Zango Kataf in Kaduna State, and Yahaya Amodu, a 45-year-old indigene of Kwakuti in Niger State.
They were arrested on June 14, 2024, at about 18:40 hrs by Police Operatives attached to SCID Minna, the state capital.
The statement further narrated that the suspects were arrested at Sauka-Kahuta area of Minna with a white Toyota Corolla vehicle with Registration No. ABC 72 NF, suspected to be stolen.
The Image Maker of the State Police Command said, “During interrogation, Bulus narrated that he met one Daniel at Area 3, Abuja, and they exchanged pleasantries upon discovering that they were both brothers from Kaduna State. Subsequently, Daniel introduced him to one Abdul and told Abdul that he needed a job, while Abdul said that he has a vehicle they could sell for him.”
According to the statement, Bulus further confessed that Abdul allegedly contacted him on May 31 and gave him an imitated car key. Bulus explained further that Abdul told him that the vehicle would be parked at Central Mosque area in Abuja by the roadside during Juma’at Prayer. With a good description, he went to the Central Mosque Area, Abuja, and drove the vehicle away.
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“The suspect further confessed that he took the vehicle to Kwakuti in Niger State to meet Yahaya, whom he met on Social Media as a vehicle dealer.
He left the vehicle for a while with Yahaya, hoping that the vehicle could be sold quickly. Due to delay, he went back to Yahaya on June 14, 2024, and they decided to bring the vehicle to Minna for quick disposal,” the PPRO noted.
Abiodun said, “They were both arrested in the process of selling the vehicle without any documents and negotiating to sell the car at the rate of N6.5 million (six million, five hundred thousand naira) in Minna.”
He assured that the two suspects were still under investigation at the SCID Minna, while efforts were ongoing to arrest the said Abdul.
The case will be transferred to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command for further investigation and arraignment for prosecution in the Court of Law immediately after the conclusion of the Police investigation of the case.
