Information reaching Becksblog.com.ng, that two soldiers and three others has been arrested by the Borno state police command for alleged armed robbery and culpable homicide.
According to NAN, the state Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar, said the suspects robbed a Point of Sale (POS) agent, Yusuf Usman.
Umar who spoke on Wednesday, March 16 in Maiduguri, said that during the robbery which took place on February 6 at GSM Market, Bulumkutu, the gang shot and killed a man, while another sustained injuries.
According to him, operatives of the Command initially arrested three of the suspects – Mustapha Lawan, alias Bakura Dantawaye, Abubakar Mohammed, alias Bro Shagi, and Umar Ibrahim.
He said the trio confessed to the crime and named two other members of the gang, who were soldiers, lgogo Michael and Jibrin Adamu.
The Commissioner said that operatives trailed and arrested the two army officers on Sunday, March 13, adding that they also confessed to the crime.
“They (two soldiers) were court-martialed by the military authority before being transferred to the command for further investigation,” he said.
Also, a witness who spoke to Becksblog.com.ng on the condition of anonymity, said the suspects came to the POS shop and scared Yusuf Usman with their guns which make him to freakout and handed all the cash he had on him worth millions to them.
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