Army, Police parade 6 suspected robbers, kidnappers in Kogi

The Nigeria Army has paraded four robbery suspects arrested in Felele area of Lokoja, Kogi state, according to the Public Relation Officer of the Command Army Records, Lokoja, Capt.
Nick Ejeh, who said the suspects were arrested while operating in military uniform.
Similarly, the state police command also paraded two suspects believed to be behind recent kidnap and robbery activities along Okene -Lokoja road.
The briefings by the army and police took place in the presence of Governor Yahaya Bello at the Government House, Lokoja.
The four suspects arrested by the army, Japheth Ataem, Saviour Daower, Joseph Usar and Isaac Donald, are all from Guma local government area of Benue state.
Ejeh said that the suspects were carrying out a robbery operation when they were sighted by soldiers on patrol who engaged them in a shoot out.
According to him, some of the suspects sustained gunshot injury during the encounter as three of the suspects escaped arrest.
He expressed concern on the increasing use of military uniforms by perpetrators of crimes.
Items recovered from them included one AK47 rifle, two pump action assault rifles and many rounds of live ammunitions.
The state police command Public Relation Officer, DSP William Aya, who paraded the suspects, gave their names as Hammed Saleh aka Auta of Fulani camp, Obajana and Dulla Danladi of Fulani camp, Gada Biyu.