The Gombe State Police Command has recovered four cows suspected to be stolen from the houses of residents in the state on the eve of the Eid-el Kabir festival.
He explained that the gang of notorious armed robbers have been terrorizing the residents of Gombe metropolitan, especially Arawa, Malam Inna and Nayi nawa quarters.
“The suspected robbers invaded the residence of one Alhaji Gidado Muhammad Sani at Arawa Quarters shooting sporadically and robbing them of their valuable properties thereby injuring his security man one Mohammed Abdullahi on his head, left hand and back. “While acting on the distress, the commissioner of police CP Oqua Etim mobilized the tactical team of Operation 999 to the scene, which swiftly responded but on sighting the operatives the armed robbers engaged them in a gun duel where one of the deadly robbers Alias Albaru of Kumbiya Kumbiya quarters was neutralized while Adamu Usman alias Bali 22 years old of Barunde Quarters, Mustapha Abdullahi alias jammaye 22 years of Malam Inna and Abdullahi Hussaini alias Danbasi 21 years of Unguwa Uku...
“Part of the exhibits robbed from the victims was recovered as effort is emplaced to arrest the fleeing suspects”. He said. The command reiterated its resolve and commitment of its officers in responding to cases of urgent attention while appreciating the support and cooperation from the people of the State urging them to do more in reporting crimes and criminals.
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