Men of the Benue State Police Command on stop and search duty along Aliade-Otukpo road intercepted one Victor Ogbu 25yrs, on May 19, who was in possession of a locally fabricated Beretta pistol with four live ammunition.
The suspect who confessed to be a cultist and a student  of University of Agriculture Makurdi, alleged that he purchased the  firearm in Makurdi. Investigation is ongoing.
 In another development, the Command arrested a kidnapper  and rescued his victim. Acting on information, policemen trailed and  arrested one Isaac Atsor, 33, on May 24, at a hideout in Ushongo LGA  where they kept thier victim, one Mr. Ape the proprietor of Excel Grace  School Gboko.
 He was arrested with the supposed ransom of ₦500,000, a  locally fabricated Beretta pistol and one live ammunition. The suspect  confessed to have committed the crime with four others who escaped when  the hideout was raided.
 The victim has since being reunited with his family,while  investigation and manhunt of the fleeing members of the gang is  ongoing.
Preliminary investigation, however, revealed that the  suspect just finished serving a jail term on 22/03/2017 and was released  from prison custody .
 The Command had also on May 14 at about 10pm,  arrested the following suspects with fabricated dummy guns while  committing their nefarious activities at Ikyowe village in Katsina ala.
a. Zahemen Avaa- 24yrs
 b. Ebenezer Ikyereve – 20yrs
 c. Teryima Orkeghen – 21yrs and 
 d. Lubem Torhile – 22yrs
 This notorious armed robbery gang who have been  terrorising innocent motorists along Katsina ala- Zaki biam road and  dispossessing them of thier valuables, met thier waterloo when  operatives responded to a distress that some robbers had blocked the  road.
 They will all be charged to court as soon as Investigation is concluded.
 



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