Men of the Department of State Security Service: robbery gang arrested
The Department of State Services stated it has uncovered a criminal gang which specialises in robbing foreigners, either visiting or living in Abuja.
Members of the gang who robbed an expatriate in a high brow hotel in Abuja and carted away his money and other valuables, have however been arrested.
As stated by a statement by Tony Opuiyo for the agency, two of the gang members, Ikechukwu OBADLEGWU and Ikechukwu Joseph EKE are in the net.
While OBADLEGWU carried out surveillance on potential targets for the group, EKE is the kingpin and mastermind of the whole operation.
DSS stated it has almost recovered all the stolen items.
The DSS stated it arrested a notorious fraudster at Gwaron Dutse, Kano Municipal, Kano State.
The fraudster was identified as Auwalu Abdullahi YAKASAI.
He was apprehended for allegedly defrauding Jaiz and Unity Banks of N100 Million and N50 Million respectively.
The Service also arrested one Bashir SHUAIBU, on 5 December, 2016 at Tsamiya village, Gezawa LGA of Kano State for obtaining money from unsuspecting victims through threat messages. He was arrested while in the process of defrauding another victim.