The Yobe State Police Command said its operatives have apprehended an 18-year-old suspect for alleged theft and burglary within the Damaturu neighbourhood.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known in a statement he issued to journalists in Damaturu on Thursday.
According to the statement, the arrest of the suspect, Shetima Adamu, followed multiple complaints from shop owners around Bayan-Tash and Nayi-Nawa areas of Damaturu metropolis over recurring incidents of burglary and theft of property valued at about N530,000.00.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a hardened burglar. He voluntarily confessed to the crime and led police operatives to the arrest of five accomplices who specialise in buying and selling stolen property,” the statement added.
In a related development, the command’s spokesperson said that, following a sustained intelligence-led investigation and collaboration, a 38-year-old suspect, Abdulrazaq Abdul’Azeez, of Kumbotso, Kano State, was intercepted at a police checkpoint in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State.
The suspect was subsequently arrested in connection with a stolen Keke Napep in Potiskum.
“The suspect has since been brought back to Yobe State, where he will face further investigation and subsequent prosecution. The recovered tricycle is in police custody as exhibit,” the command said.
