[Mhiz Rebecca]

The police in Niger State have arrested two
suspected motorcycle thieves terrorising the
Magama Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects – Buba Auta, 30, of Lade village Fulani
Camp and Na-Allah Shekere, 30, of Koso village in
Magama – were nabbed by the police detectives
attached to Nasko Division based on a tip-off.
Their victims, Saidu Shehu and Moses Andrawus,
both of Majame village, were robbed of one Bajaj
motorcycle on their way to Salka.
Checks revealed that the victims were attempting to
remove a barricade on the road when the suspects
emerged from the bush, inflicted injuries on them
and made away with their motorcycle.
One of the suspects, Shekere, told our
correspondent that he engaged in robbery to raise
money for cattle business.
‘I am a farmer but the money I’m making was not
enough to start cattle rearing business which
required substantial amount of money and now that
l am in the police net, my hope and aspiration is
dashed. “I have wicked relations who never
bothered to help anyone; in fact, they contibuted to
the hopeless situation in which I found myself;
Allah will judge them,” he said.
The command’s Public Relations Officer,
Muhammad Abubakar, said the suspects admitted
to the crime, adding that a cutlass was recovered
from them.