By Raphael Ekpang
As police in Nassarawa State has intensified efforts to root out criminal elements in the state, three fake operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are currently in the police’s net
This arrest was made known in a A press statement issued on Wednesday, signed and made available to Core Reporters by the Police Public Relations Officer in Nasarawa State, Ramhan Nansel said the police are making progress in the fight against criminal elements in the state.
The statement reads in parts, “the suspects, who had been disturbing the peace of residents of the area, recently launched an attack around the Federal Polytechnic in the Nasarawa LGA, where they robbed people of their belongings and subsequently abducted a National Diploma student of the institution.
“The victim was released and the suspects arrested following painstaking efforts by officers of the police command.
“Another suspects was caught and beaten by a mob before the arrival of the police, while others fled.
“The suspect was rescued from the mob by the police and rushed to Primary Health Care, Laminga, where he died during medical treatment.
“A follow-up investigation into the case led to the arrest of three other members of the gang, namely: Hyelda Aliyu Ibrahim, Henry Patrick Okwu and Shuaibu Abubakar.
“One iPhone 12 Promax, Huawei and one Tecno Spark 5 earlier robbed from some of their victims and fake EFCC ID cards were recovered from them as exhibits.
“The suspects have confessed to being the syndicate responsible for robbing and terrorising student in Keffi and Nasarawa LGA. Efforts are ongoing to arrest one identified suspect who is at large. Victims of their nefarious activities have come forward and identified the suspects,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, Nansel maintained that the Commissioner of Police, Umar Nadada, had ordered the transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Lafia while assuring that they would be charged to court for prosecution upon the conclusion of investigation.
