Two arrested in Adamawa over theft from Bamanga Tukur’s farm

Two men person been arrested successful Adamawa State for allegedly stealing irrigation pipes from a workplace owned by the precocious elder statesman, Bamanga Tukur.

The Adamawa State Police Command disclosed this connected Friday, little than a week aft Bamanga Tukur died.

The Police Command said its operatives arrested the 2 men implicit the alleged theft of 8 underground irrigation h2o pipes valued astatine N3 cardinal from the erstwhile Gongola State governor’s workplace located successful Yola South Local Government Area.

“The suspects, 45-year-old Ibrahim Mohammed of Wauro Jabbe and 28-year-old Jemilu Yahaya (a scavenger from Jambutu Bypass), were arrested by operatives attached to the Kofare Divisional Police Headquarters successful Yola pursuing credible intelligence,” the Command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, explained.

Nguroje said preliminary probe indicated that Mohammed allegedly stole the irrigation pipes and sold them to Yahaya.

One Carry-go motorcycle and the stolen irrigation pipes person since been recovered.

According to Nguroje, the suspects are presently successful Police custody arsenic probe continues, aft which they would beryllium charged to court.

Two arrested successful Adamawa implicit theft from Bamanga Tukur’s farm