Kebbi: Police bust ‘one-chance’ robbery syndicate, arrest five suspects 

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 5 suspected members of a robbery and abduction syndicate accused of operating “one-chance” attacks on large highways successful Kebbi State.

The improvement was disclosed successful a connection issued connected Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bashir Usman.

The suspects, Abubakar Muhammad of Bancho colony successful Tambuwal, Shehu Ango, Shamsu Daudu, Shuaibu Umar and Aisha Usmanu, were apprehended during coordinated information operations crossed Birnin Kebbi, Kalgo, Jega, Maiyama and Aliero Local Government Areas.

Police said the syndicate posed arsenic commercialized conveyance operators to lure unsuspecting passengers earlier robbing them astatine knifepoint and abandoning victims successful isolated bushes.

Investigations reportedly linked the suspects to a bid of equipped robberies and abductions on large highways successful the state.

In 1 of the incidents nether investigation, the pack allegedly withdrew implicit N1 cardinal from a victim’s slope relationship and besides demanded ransom from the victim’s relatives earlier releasing the person.

The bid further disclosed that connected April 30, 2026, on the Tashar Hauwa conception of the Jega–Kalgo Road, the radical allegedly atta...