Police nab couple over robbery in Yobe

The Yobe State Police Command has succeeded in the arrest of a couple, Abdullahi Ibrahim (25) and Khadija Ali (20), who disguised as Christians and tricked their victims by claiming to convert to Islam and robbed them of valuables.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkareem, who confirmed this on Thursday to Daily Trust, said the couple approached the Gudi Emirate Council in Fika LGA, saying that they were from Plateau State and intended to convert to Islam and presented themselves as Jude Emmanuel, a Berom man from Farar Kasa in Barkin Ladi, Plateau State, and his wife as Peace Sunday and that they were subsequently accepted and converted to Islam and placed in the custody of the chief imam for teaching and proper guidance.

He explained that a day later, the man informed the imam that he was having bad dreams and needed debris from a thunder strike spot to collect ash and prepare medicine for his ailment.

The imam assigned one of his sons to take him to a nearby bush for a possibly affected spot and having got a spot, the suspect collected some dust.

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In a similar vein, on the third day, he requested to be taken to the spot to collect some dust for his wife, and the imam obliged and asked his son to help them get there with his motorcycle, but on reaching the spot, the suspects robbed the imam’s son of his motorcycle and fled.

 DSP Abdulkareem noted that the matter was reported at the Fika Division and that the police started trailing the culprits.

He said the couple were sighted in Biu LGA of Borno State perpetrating similar acts, adding that detectives from the division reacted and apprehended them.

DSP Dungus said investigation revealed that Ibrahim was an indigene of Yobe State and a Muslim with the names Abdullahi Ibrahim, of Sabon Garin Mai Mala in Gujba LGA, and the wife with the name, Khadija Ali, from Gombe State.

He said information also indicated that the couple were habitual criminals leaving footprints in Azare, Bauchi State; Gwalam, Adamawa State; Madaci Gaya, Kano State; Biu, Borno State; among others.