Police arrest suspect in armed robbery attack, recover stolen items in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old fishy successful transportation with an equipped robbery incidental successful Bara Village, Kirfi Local Government Area of the state.
The suspect, identified arsenic Naziru Alhaji Usman of Tudun Sullubawa Hamlet via Bara Village, was arrested pursuing a constabulary probe into the attack, which occurred successful the aboriginal hours of May 9, 2026.

According to a connection issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, the incidental was reported to the Bara Police Out Station astatine astir 6 a.m. by 1 Ibrahim, a nonmigratory of Bara Village.

The complainant told constabulary that astatine astir 3 a.m., 5 equipped robbers invaded his residence equipped with sticks and cutlasses, assaulted him and made distant with respective valuables.

Items reportedly stolen during the onslaught included a bow and arrow, 5 mobile phones, 2 star panels and the sum of ₦422,000.

The constabulary said operatives attached to the Out Station and Kirfi Division swiftly launched an cognition pursuing the study and, done quality gathering, arrested the suspect.

During the arrest, constabulary recovered 1 bow and arrow, 1 cutlass and 1 star sheet believed to beryllium linked to the robbery.

The fishy is presently successful constabulary custody and is said to beryllium providing utile accusation to assistance ongoing investigations.

The bid disclosed that effo...