A Kano businessman identified as Sunusi Yusuf has been arrested by police operatives in Kano for conspiring with two others to rob his friend, Nura Ibrahim who is also a business operator.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that
Yusuf carried out the robbery act based on the knowledge that his friend had a large sum of money in his possession.
Confirming the development, the spokesperson, Kano Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna said Yusuf robbed his friend of the sum of over N2 million while also leaving him with inflicted injuries on his head.
SP Haruna said it received a report from the victim, Nura Ibrahim and subsequently led to the arrest of Yusuf and his accomplice.
According to him, “On October 6th, 2023 at about 4 PM, a report was received from one Nura Ibrahim, of Kankiya Village, Garko Local Government Area, LGA, Kano that while on his way to Kaduna for his business, he was ambushed and attacked on his way at Garko LGA when trekking from his residence to the main road and was robbed the sum of Two Million Nine Hundred Thousand Naira (N2,900,000:00) leaving him with inflicted injuries on his head.
“On receipt of the report, the victim was rushed to Garko Hospital and a team of Policemen led by Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Garko Division was mobilised to the scene. Intelligence-led operations led to the arrest of a suspect; Sunusi Yusuf, ‘m’, 25 years old, a friend and of the same address to the victim.
“A discrete investigation conducted at the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) led to the arrest of the remaining suspects; Sunusi Abubakar, 21 years old, and Nasiru Ibrahim, 22 years old, all of the various addresses.
“Sunusi Yusuf confessed that he is a friend of the victim and operates the same business. Having known that the friend had a large sum of money in his possession, conspired with two Armed Robbers, attacked him with clubs and robbed the money. The sum of Six Hundred and Eleven Thousand Naira (N611,000:00) and six (6) empty shells of AK-47 Rifle were recovered from them. The case will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation,” the spokesperson, SP Haruna stated.