Two suspected thieves named Usman Yusuf and Ibrahim Aliyu who broke into a POS shop and stole over N5.8m in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa state have been arrested by the police.
“On Nov 9th at about 2000hrs, one Aliyu Ishaku ‘M’ of old Gwaram town, Gwaram LGA, reported at Gwaram Divisional Police Headquarters that, on the same date at about 1945hrs, a group of miscreants criminally conspired, burgled and trespassed into his Point of sale (POS) shop and went away with the sum of five million, eight hundred and fifty thousand naira (#5,850,000:00k),” the statement read.
Spokesperson of the police command, DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adam, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, November 13, 2023, said N3.6m has being recovered from the suspects while effort is on to arrest their fleeing accomplices.
“Upon receipt of the report, a team of policemen swiftly swung into action, where one Usman Yusuf ‘m’ 20yrs of Galambi village Gwaram LGA and Ibrahim Aliyu ‘m’ 20yrs of Fada, Gwaram LGA, were arrested in connection with the crime.
