33 arrested in Nasarawa for robbery,rape others.

Not fewer than 33 suspects have been arrested for various offences, by the police in Nasarawa state. Briefing newsmen in Lafia, the state capital, the state commissioner of police, Abubakar Bello, said the suspects were arrested in different parts of the state for offences such as rape, armed robbery, cultism, culpable homicide, unlawful possession of firearms, theft and vandalism.

The commissioner said five locally made guns, three vehicles, three motorcycles and N5,675,000 were recovered from them. He added that they would soon be charged to court. Bello disclosed that the command lost one police officer in an ambushed attack at Obi Division in October 2016.

The police boss said the achievements were made possible with the assistance and cooperation of members of the public and therefore urged them to do even more by reporting anybody with suspicious character and suspicious movement anywhere they see them in any part of the state. He further explained that out of the suspects, 12 were armed robbers, five arrested for culpable homicide, while two were held for raping five-year-old girls.