The Yobe State Police says it has arrested three suspects, including a soldier, for criminal conspiracy, housebreaking, and armed robbery.
In a statement on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer of Yobe state command, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, said the suspects have inflicted serious injuries on the victim and her son, Ahmed Umar aged 17 years after tying them up with satellite cable wire.
The suspects were said to have invaded the Damaturu residence of one Hajiya Aisha Usman of Sabon-Pegi-ward at midnight.
They were armed with deadly weapons, including an AK 47 rifle, the suspects were said to have carted away the sum of N250, 000 cash, 307 Peugeot saloon car, and Nokia handset belonging to the victim.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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