Police operatives in Nasarawa State have arrested four suspects posing as EFCC operatives who r%bbed students of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa and abd¥cted one Adudu Kingsley, an ND II student.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
“On 17/04/2024 at about 1545hrs, a distress call was received that four individuals posing as EFCC personnel, using a Toyota Corolla, Green in colour with registration number Abuja YAB 509 TT robbed some students of Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa at Samakwe Lodge behind Government College, Nasarawa LGA and abd¥cted one Adudu Kingsley, an ND II Student of the same Polytechnic.
Reacting to the unsavoury development, Police operatives gave the suspects a hot chase and a roadblock was mounted at Laminga junction to stop the suspects from escaping with the victim, but they hit the barrier and fled
Furthermore, Police operatives at Anguwan Madugu were contacted to mount another roadblock, which the suspects sighted from a distance; abandoned their operational vehicle and the abd¥cted student and fled.
Luck ran out of one of the suspects as he was caught and b£@ten mercilessly by an angry 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 di£d while receiving treatment.
A search of the recovered vehicle yielded two identification cards linking the fleeing suspects to the syndicate. Further investigation led to the arrest of three additional members: Hyelda Aliyu Ibrahim, Henry Patrick Okwu, and Shuaibu Abubakar (the operational driver).
Exhibits recovered include an iPhone 12 Pro Max, Huawei, and Tecno Spark 5, as well as fake EFCC ID cards. The suspects have confessed to being the syndicate responsible for r%bbing and t£rrorising student areas in Keffi and Nasarawa LGA
Effort is ongoing to arrest one identified suspect that is at large,” the statement reads in part.
