Police foil robbery operation, arrest suspects over toddler abduction in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Police Command says it has foiled a suspected equipped robbery cognition and arrested 2 radical implicit the alleged abduction of a one-and-a-half-year-old lad successful abstracted operations crossed the state.

Police spokesperson SP Lawan Shiisu Adam said officers from the Violent Crime Response Unit were connected a regular patrol astir the Rashid Shekoni Teaching Hospital country successful Dutse astatine astir 3:00 americium on Thursday when they stopped a tinted Sharon Galaxy conveyance carrying 7 occupants whose movements appeared suspicious.

According to the statement, “Upon being signaled to propulsion implicit for regular information checks, the operator refused to comply and sped off, prompting the operatives to springiness the conveyance a blistery chase.”

Police said the pursuit ended astatine Baranda Bush, wherever “the suspects yet stopped the conveyance astatine Baranda Bush and opened occurrence connected the constabulary squad successful a hopeless effort to evade arrest.”

The officers returned fire, forcing the suspects to wantonness the conveyance and fly into the bush. One suspect, who was recovered injured wrong the vehicle, was taken to infirmary but was aboriginal confirmed dormant by a doctor.

Police recovered 2 machetes, 3 ...