Police bust tricycle theft syndicate in Yobe, arrest two suspects

Operatives of the Yobe State Police Command person busted a transgression syndicate specialising successful the theft of tricycles, popularly known arsenic Keke Napep, successful Damaturu and its environs.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this successful a connection issued connected Friday.

According to the statement, the palmy cognition followed a ailment received connected April 21, 2026, from 1 Goni Kemi of Kukareta Village, Damaturu, reporting that his yellow-coloured tricycle, with registration fig 5330 DTR, had been stolen on Maiduguri Road.

“Acting connected credible intelligence, operatives of B Division Police Headquarters, Damaturu, connected April 30, 2026, astatine astir 4:00 p.m., carried retired a targeted cognition which led to the betterment of the stolen tricycle.

“However, the tricycle had already been dismantled into parts by a suspected scrap dealer,” the connection said.

It added that the suspect, Ali Mallam Ibrahim of Don-Etiebiet Housing Estate, Damaturu, was arrested and confessed to having purchased the tricycle from 1 Ibrahim Umar of Pompomari Ward, Damaturu, who was besides ap...