Police arrest two suspects, recover firearm, stolen phones in Keffi

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested 2 suspected criminals and recovered a firearm, stolen mobile phones, and unsafe items during an cognition successful Keffi Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects, identified arsenic Shafiu Abdul-Rauf and Usman Abdulmumuni, were arrested pursuing a ailment of theft and unlawful introduction reported to the Keffi Divisional Police Headquarters.

According to a connection issued by the Police Public Relations Officer successful the state, SP Ramhan Nansel, the incidental occurred connected May 30, 2026, erstwhile a nonmigratory of Kofar Hausa successful Keffi reported that Shafiu Abdul-Rauf had allegedly trespassed into his country and stolen an Android telephone earlier fleeing the scene.

“Following the report, detectives attached to the part launched an intelligence-driven cognition that led to the apprehension of the main fishy and his alleged accomplice, some residents of the Mayanka country of Keffi,” the connection read.

According to Nansel, a hunt conducted connected the suspects resulted successful the betterment of respective exhibits, including a locally made pistol loaded with a unrecorded cartridge, 2 crisp cutlasses, a knife, 3 mobile phones, a clump of keys, and different items believed to beryllium linked to transgression activities.

Police authorities said the recovered phones comprised 2 Tecno Android devices and 1 Itel mobile phone.

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