Kano police have arrested three persons, including one Sunusi Yusuf, for their alleged involvement in a robbery of N2.9 million from a local businessman, Nura Ibrahim.
The other two suspects, Sunusi Abubakar and Nasiru Ibrahim, were also taken into custody.
Kano Police Command spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa in a statement on Wednesday said the three suspects conspired to rob Ibrahim while he was trekking from his residence to his business place on October 6.
He said they acted on the knowledge that the businessman had some money with him as provided by Yusuf.
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On how the robbery was executed, the Kano police Command spokesperson said, “On October 6, a report was received from one Nura Ibrahim of Kankiya Village, Garko LGA, Kano that while on his way to Kaduna for his business, he was ambushed and attacked on his way at Garko LGA when trekking from his residence to the main road and was robbed the sum of N2,900,000:00 leaving him with inflicted injuries on his head.”
On receipt of the report, the victim was rushed to Garko Hospital and a team of Policemen led by Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Garko Division was mobilised to the scene.
He further stated that intelligence-led operations led to the arrest of a suspect; Sunusi Yusuf (25) a friend who does the same business with the victim.
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“Having known that the friend had a large sum of money in his possession, conspired with two armed robbers, attacked him with clubs and robbed the money.
” The sum of N611,000:00 and six empty shells of AK-47 Rifle were recovered from them. The case will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation,” he added.
