21st January, 2025
By Nabilu Balarabe
The Yobe Police Command said it has arrested a suspected bandits’ kingpin who allegedly masterminded a robbery attack that claimed seven lives in Ngalda Market, Fika Local Government Area of the State on Monday.
SP Dungus Abdulkarim, Yobe Police command’s spokesman, who disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu on Tuesday, said a locally made pistol and three cartridges were recovered during the arrest.
He said the arrest was in response to the robbery attack.
“On January 20, 2025, at approximately 2100hrs, a group of six armed robbers attacked three shops at Ngalda Market.
“The incident resulted in seven fatalities and eleven injuries. The robbers made off with approximately N16,500,000,” Abdulkarim said.
The Yobe Police spokesman said irate youths in the area mobilised and neutralised three of the attackers, while three others fled with injuries.
He said victims and corpses were evacuated to the General Hospital, Fika, for medical treatment and autopsy respectively.
Abdulkarim said the Yobe state’s Commissioner of Police, Garba Ahmed, had ordered an immediate investigation into the incident, and called for calm.
“He tasked personnel to arrest fleeing syndicate members and urged the public to assist the command with credible information,” the spokesman said.
NAN