Police arrest suspected members of hotel robbery gang

OFFICIAL PORTRAIT OF IGP SOLOMON ARASE

Solomon Arase, Inspector General of Police

Solomon Arase, Inspector General of Police
Solomon Arase, Inspector General of Police

The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested two suspected members of a robbery gang, who dispossess hotel guests of their valuables in the Mararaba/Masaka axis of the state.

The command’s spokesman, ASP Ismaila Numan, told newsmen on Monday in Lafia, that the suspected members of the gang raided three different hotels in the area between Jan. 22 and Jan. 29.

He said that the gang dispossessed the guests of their valuables, including vehicles, mobile phones, IPads, laptop computers and cash.

Numan explained that on Jan. 22, between the hours of 4.00a.m and 6.00a.m, two hotels reported robberies on their premises to the Masaka Divisional Station.

The reports said the hoodlums went away with a Toyota van, over N480,000 cash, among other valuables, Numan said.

He said that another robbery incident on Jan. 29 in another hotel in the area left some guests with various degrees of injury.

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Numan said that the police, acting on intelligence report on Jan. 29, arrested a 23-year-old man from Jos, and his girlfriend, who were lodging in one of the hotels.

He said the police recovered a locally fabricated pistol and N30,000 from the suspects’ hotel room.

Numan said the arrest of the suspects led to the arrests of another man from Jos, who claimed to be a military deserter.

He said both suspects had confessed to the crime having been identified by the victims.

He said that the police were on the trail of their accomplice who was still at large.

Numan said that a stolen vehicle was recovered from the suspects and handed over to the owner, while investigation would continue in the matter.

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