The
Taraba State Police Command yesterday paraded five suspects allegedly
nabbed with weapons along Mutum-Biyu road while on their way to Wukari
town.
The suspects include Joshua Umaru, of Magami Ward Jalingo; Timothy Jualang, Abubakar Alhassan, Eli Lawrence, all of Maitunku Balanga Council of Gombe State and Maxwell Kefas of Lamurde Council of Adamawa State.
Taraba Police Commissioner, Jibril O. Adeniji , said a detachment of policemen stopped one Joshua Umar while driving in a Honda Accord with registration number AA 698 NGL on May 7 at about 1500 hours.
He said that one AK 47 rifle, one locally made single barrel gun, one revolver pistol and one knife were recovered from Umaru when the police conducted a search on the vehicle.
Meanwhile, the Taraba State acting governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, has donated six Hilux vans to the Police and Army in the state to boost security surveillance.
Umar made donation just as President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three North Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe which have witnessed deadly attacks in recent times.
According to him, the donation was to aid the security operatives boost their surveillance as well as tackling crimes in the state.
He donated three of the vans to the Taraba Police Command while the three others went to the Army Command in the state.
Reacting, Taraba Police Commissioner, Jibril O. Adeniji said the patrol vans would enable the Command tackle crimes effectively in the state.
He added that the vans would be given to the police divisions in border towns of Takum, Zing and Wukari to enable them step up surveillance activities.
Speaking further on the suspects, the police boss said Umaru confessed to have sold one AK47 and one G3 rifles to one Timothy Jualang and also sold another AK47 to one Abubakar Alhassan both of Maitunku village of Gombe State.
In their separate statements to the police, Timothy Jualang confessed to have bought one AK47 and G3 from Joshua Umaru at the rate N63,000, while Abubakar Alhassan said he bought an AK47 at the cost of N350,000 from the said Umaru.
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The suspects include Joshua Umaru, of Magami Ward Jalingo; Timothy Jualang, Abubakar Alhassan, Eli Lawrence, all of Maitunku Balanga Council of Gombe State and Maxwell Kefas of Lamurde Council of Adamawa State.
Taraba Police Commissioner, Jibril O. Adeniji , said a detachment of policemen stopped one Joshua Umar while driving in a Honda Accord with registration number AA 698 NGL on May 7 at about 1500 hours.
He said that one AK 47 rifle, one locally made single barrel gun, one revolver pistol and one knife were recovered from Umaru when the police conducted a search on the vehicle.
Meanwhile, the Taraba State acting governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, has donated six Hilux vans to the Police and Army in the state to boost security surveillance.
Umar made donation just as President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three North Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe which have witnessed deadly attacks in recent times.
According to him, the donation was to aid the security operatives boost their surveillance as well as tackling crimes in the state.
He donated three of the vans to the Taraba Police Command while the three others went to the Army Command in the state.
Reacting, Taraba Police Commissioner, Jibril O. Adeniji said the patrol vans would enable the Command tackle crimes effectively in the state.
He added that the vans would be given to the police divisions in border towns of Takum, Zing and Wukari to enable them step up surveillance activities.
Speaking further on the suspects, the police boss said Umaru confessed to have sold one AK47 and one G3 rifles to one Timothy Jualang and also sold another AK47 to one Abubakar Alhassan both of Maitunku village of Gombe State.
In their separate statements to the police, Timothy Jualang confessed to have bought one AK47 and G3 from Joshua Umaru at the rate N63,000, while Abubakar Alhassan said he bought an AK47 at the cost of N350,000 from the said Umaru.
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