The Commissioner of Police within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ahmed Sanusi, has revealed how eight suspected members of a one-chance theft syndicate allegedly robbed an officer’s wife in Abuja.
Addressing journalists throughout a press convention on the command’s headquarters on Tuesday, Sanusi mentioned the sufferer boarded a taxi on the AYA Roundabout however was picked up by members of the felony syndicate.
According to the police commissioner, the suspects dispossessed the lady of her cell phone and transferred all the cash in her account to their very own account earlier than dropping her off.
He mentioned that upon receiving the report, he directed the command’s monitoring unit to launch an in depth investigation into the incident.
Sanusi defined that with the help of digital forensic expertise, the police reconstructed the suspects’ operations, traced the digital transactions and tracked the sufferer’s cell phone, resulting in the arrest of eight suspects.
He recognized the suspects as Yunusa Sani, Ismail Mohammed, Abubakar Usman, Haruna Musa, Abdulrazaq Mohammed, Isah Abdulrahman, Isa Abdullahi and Aliyu Shuaibu.
The police commissioner disclosed that additional investigations led to the restoration of 21 cellphones and three laptops, together with the sufferer’s system.
He added that investigations revealed that one of many suspects, Haruna Musa, specialised in altering the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers of stolen units earlier than reselling them to evade detection.
Sanusi additional disclosed that the police had tracked and recognized people suspected of receiving the stolen properties.
He mentioned the suspects and recovered reveals remained in custody and can be charged in courtroom upon the conclusion of investigations.
DAILY POST stories that a number of different suspects had been additionally paraded by the FCT Police Command for varied offences, significantly armed theft within the nation’s capital.
The commissioner urged residents to stay vigilant, cooperate with the police and different safety companies, and promptly report suspicious individuals, actions and actions to the closest police station or by means of the command’s emergency contact strains.
