11 Armed Robbers Arrested by Adamawa Police

11 Armed Robbers Arrested by Adamawa Police

Eleven armed robbers terrorising residents along Numan, Ngurore, Lafia and Mayo-Belwa roads in Adamawa State have been arrested and arranged by the State Police Command.

While arranging the robbers on Tuesday at the headquarters of the command, the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Musa  Kimo, told journalists in Yola that  the pungent measures put in place by his command  to confront criminality on his resumption of duty as the state CP has started yielding results.

The CP said gang of seven robbers were arrested on October 8 and9, 2016, who have been robbing and terrorising people along Numan/Lafia, Numan /Ngurore, and Ngurore /Mayo-Belwa roads after a serious gun-battle with the police and were overpowered by the police.

He said another four robbers were also arrested on October 12, 2016 along Ngurore Mayo inner road while others escaped with bullets wounds.

He said the police were still trailing them, and called on the public to help the police to arrest the suspect at large by reporting anybody seen with gun wounds on their body to nearest Police station.

Kimo said his men recovered  weapons and ammunition, including two and one single barrel guns,  three machetes, one locally made pistol with four rounds of live ammunitions, one laptop computers and twelve handsets.

According to the CP, "these undesirable elements that hitherto robbed people of their valuables unchallenged particular along Numan/Lafia, Numan /Ngurore and Ngurore /Mayo-Belwa roads are now faced with superior fire power which led to the arrest of seven of them along the identified roads.  The others fled "

" In the same vein on the 12th,October 2016 another four of the same gang of robbers were arrested along Ngurore Mayo inner road" said CP.

He said the residents can now sleep with their two eyes closed.