One 24-year-old Sylvanus Ishaku who allegedly snatched a Toyota Matrix car, while armed with a toy gun has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command.
Niger State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect was intercepted and arrested by police operatives attached to Paiko Division, Paikoro Local Government.
“The suspect confessed to the crime and claimed that he left Dikko to Minna since December, 2021 and bought the toy gun at a supermarket in Minna and used it at gunpoint to snatch the car from the woman and zoomed off through Suleja road, but was arrested at Ali Gabadna Junction, Paiko, Paikoro LGA when trying to escape with the vehicle and heading to Abuja for sale,” the PPRO added.
The PPRO, who said the case is under investigation, however, disclosed that the toy gun was recovered from the suspect during a search.
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