Bauchi: Police arrest three for suspected phone, motorcycle snatching

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested three suspected of phone snatching, possession of stolen property, offering of gratifications to a public servant and motorcycle snatching.

According to the Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili in a press release issued on Sunday, Police Operatives attached to the Department of Operation arrested Suleiman Habibu aged 25 and Atiku Mohammed aged 30 all of Jahun Area, Bauchi metropolis for having stolen property, receiving stolen property, and offering gratification to a public servant.

The suspects were arrested during a visibility routine patrol behind Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium and handed over to detectives attached to ‘C’ Divisional Police Headquarters for questioning.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects had robbed people of the Nine mobile phones found in their possession from different locations in Gombe state.

The detectives further recovered dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp as well as the sum of N78,000 offered as a bribe to compromise the investigation but was vehemently declined by the investigating officer.

To this end, the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Mohammed, has directed that the case be discreetly investigated in a bid to locate the victims of the crime and thereafter charge the suspects to court for prosecution.

In a related development, On the 8th February 2024, a distressed call was received by the Divisional Police Officer ‘C’ Division that on the same date at about 1030hrs an unknown person (s) stabbed and injured motorcycle owner multiple times with a sharp object and his motorcycle (boxers) was taken away from him along Ningi road, Bauchi.

Upon receiving the distressed call, a patrol team was dispatched by the Divisional Police Officer to the scene and swiftly took the victim to Specialist Hospital Bauchi, where he was treated and discharged.

Following a meticulous investigation and intelligence gathering, barely an hour later, the suspect was arrested and the motorcycle was equally recovered.

The suspect upon interrogation was identified as Abdullahi Mohammed of Bayan Banki in Mangu LGA of Plateau state.

He also confessed to having perpetrated the heinous act to obtain the motorcycle from his victim. The suspect will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation to face the full wrath of the law.