Police raid hotel, arrest ex-convict and two notorious armed robbers planning to burgle shop in Minna

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested three notorious armed robbers including an ex-convict planning to burgle a provision store in Minna. 

Spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 6, 2025, said the suspects were arrested in a hotel room based on credible intelligence. 

According to the PPRO, the ex-convict, Jibrin Ndako, 19, was recently released from prison for motorcycle theft. 

“In a continuous effort of the Niger State Police Command to stem the tide of crime and criminality in the State, the following arrests were made; on 4/01/2025 at about 6pm, based on a credible intelligence received, police operatives attached to Tudun-Wada Div arrested three suspected notorious armed robbers and burglars who are; Jibrin Ndako 19yrs of Barikin-Sale, Haruna Abubakar 20yrs of Angwan-Kamfani and Aliyu Abdullahi 18yrs of Kpakungu, Minna,” the statement read. 

“The suspects were arrested in a hotel along Eastern Bye-Pass, Minna where they lodged in a room and they were found with dangerous weapons of three cutlasses and one industrial iron cutter.

“During interrogation, Jibrin Ndako who had just returned from a jail term for the offence of theft of motorcycles, narrated that he met his accomplices from Agaie and brought them to Minna to join him in breaking a targeted provision store located at Barikin-Sale Minna before their arrest by the Police.

“The suspects have been transferred to State Police Headquarters, Minna for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

“The suspects are still undergoing preliminary investigations at the Div and they will soon be transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation and diligent prosecution.”