Police nab 2 men who supply arms to bandits

<p>Operatives of Karasuwa Divisional Police Station in Yobe State have arrested two men suspected of supplying bandits with arms and ammunition. The suspects were caught in possession of a rocket launcher.</p>, <p>This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Yobe State Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim.</p>, <p>According to the PPRO the two suspects, identified as Hassan Abubakar, 35, and Abubakar Shehu, 32, were both from Maradun, Zamfara State.</p>, <p>“The first suspect, Hassan Abubakar, was arrested while driving an 18-seater bus in Karasuwa on a mission to collect RPMG. He was intercepted after collecting the mortar.</p>, <p>“The first suspect confessed that the second suspect, Abubakar Shehu, was a bandits’ courier in Zamfara State and was trailed and arrested in Maradun by Police Detectives from Yobe state command, ” the PPRO said.</p>, <p>He added that the suspects are allegedly supplying firearms to bandits in Zamfara, Kano, Niger, Zaria, and Yobe states among others.</p>, <p>DSP Abdulkarim further disclosed that, investigation is ongoing as the suspects are fully cooperating.</p>, <p>“Commissioner of Police Garba Ahmad has pledged to sustain the tempo thereby encouraging officers and men of the Command to do more,” he said.</p>