FCT Police nabs Taxi Robber; Tasks Residents to be vigilant when boarding Commuter Vehicles.
Following the arrest of a Taxi robber, Kingsley Chijioke of Jabi on 07/04/17 at about 8:30pm by eagle eyed police operatives on patrol along Tunga Maje axis, the FCT Police Command has advised residents to be vigilant when boarding taxis as means of transportation to their respective destinations.
The suspect who was operating with his cohorts (now at large) was intercepted and arrested by the police patrol team along Goffina Village, Zuba while robbing two of their passengers at gun point.
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His cohorts, who fled the scene on sighting the Police team, absconded with the following items which belong to their two victims: the sum of N25, 000, one Lumia window phone, one techno phone, ID Cards and ATM Card.
A statement by DSP Anjuguri Manzah, PRO of the command said “Frantic effort is being made to arrest the fleeing suspects, recover the firearm used for the operation and all the robbed items belonging to the victims.
The arrested suspect and the operational vehicle of the syndicate blue coloured Mazda with reg. no. YAB 426 BS which was recovered at the scene has been transferred to the Command Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for discreet investigation.
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