From Audu Joe, Lokoja
The Kogi State Police Command on Friday, said it has arrested one Timothy James, 38yrs and Comfort David, 44yrs both of Zaki-Biam, Benue State who specialises in robbing POS attendants.
The Command in a Statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Williams Aya, said that the suspects had confessed to the commission of the crime.
The suspects according to the statement, had robbed their victim one Jammai Maryam Bashir 23yrs with the sun of fifty thousand, two hundred naira at her POS business point along Cemetery road, Lokoja at about 0945hrs.
“They carried out their nefarious act under the guise of performing deliverance on the victim and thereafter robbed her.
“The victim immediately after she had regained consciousness, raised alarm which led to the arrest of the duo at Nataco on their way to Abuja and recovered the sum of forty three thousand, two hundred naira from them. Efforts is ongoing to arrest other members of the syndicates
“They further confessed that, they had robbed in Jalingo, Makurdi, and Oturkpo
“The suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of the investigation” the Police image marker disclosed.