Men of the Adamawa State Police Command have gunned down three suspected armed robbers who have been terrorising people in Mayo-Belwa LGA and Zuma in Hong Local government Area (LGA) of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Othman Abubakar, disclosed this to reporters at the Police Headquarters in Yola, the Adamawa State capital in northeast Nigeria.
He said that the nabbing of the robbers was as a result of the combined effort of the command and one popular Alhaji Ali Kwara, who assisted the Police in tracking the suspects.
Eight AK-47 rifles, one machine gun, 14 magazines and several rounds of ammunition were recovered from the robbers.
Also recovered from the armed robbery suspects were some Nigerian and foreign currency notes from Central African Republic.
In another development, the Police spokesman revealed that they were able to arrest a group of kidnappers who kidnapped three sons of one Alhaji Grema two weeks earlier in Mayo-Ranehu village of Hong LGA in Adamawa State.
He explained that the victim paid a ransom of one million Naira out of the two million Naira demanded by the kidnappers.
Abubakar added that the man was about giving the gang another 500,000 Naira when the Police intercepted and arrested the suspected criminals.
He said the 500,000 Naira was recovered and returned to Alhaji Germa while the suspects were kept in Police custody and would be charged to court soon.
