Police arrest six suspected armed robbers, recover guns in Akwa Ibom

Police in Akwa Ibom have arrested six suspected armed robbers, including a native doctor, who were terrorising Ikono, Ini, and Obot Akara LGAs. The suspects were found with guns.

In a separate incident, two suspected kidnappers were arrested in Niger State. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, the suspects, Aliyu Muhammad Bodo and Tukur Hassan Ali, were part of a kidnapping syndicate that abducted 10 victims along the Tegina-Makera road and collected ₦14 million in ransom.

The suspects were arrested during a joint security operation on August 14, and six victims were rescued. Items recovered from the suspects included two empty AK-47 magazines, 10 Android phones, five keypad phones, a NIN slip, a brown bag, and ₦1,045,200. The police also reported that the suspects confessed to conspiring with other members of their gang.

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