The Nigerian Police Force Borno State Command have arrested five suspects, including two soldiers for alleged armed robbery and culpable homicide.
Abdu Umar, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said that the suspects robbed a Point of Sale, POS, agent, Yusuf Usman.
CP. Umar said that during the robbery which took place last month February at GSM Market, Bulumkutu, the group shot dead a man and injured another.
He said that operatives of the Command arrested three of the suspects – Mustapha Lawan, alias Bakura Dantawaye, Abubakar Mohammed, alias Bro Shagi, and Umar Ibrahim.
He said the three suspects admitted to the crime and named two other members of the gang, who are soldiers, Pte lgogo Michael, Pte Jibrin Adamu.
He added that the Police and Military Police tracked and nabbed the two soldiers on Sunday, adding that they also admits to the crime.
They two soldiers were Court Martialed by the military authority before being transferred to the command for further investigation,’’ he said.
Umar also said that the police had arrested some suspected armed robbers in the last five months for allegedly attacking POS operators in Maiduguri.
