A man, identified as Ahmed Abubakar, has allegedly stolen two cows at Chekungi village in Bida Local Government Area of Niger State.
NIGERIACRIME gathered that the suspect has been apprehended by men of the Niger State Police Command.
Confirming the incident and the arrest of the suspect, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, told newsmen that the incident happened last Monday.
The police image maker added that the incident of missing horses from a farm at Chekungi village was reported to A Division Bida of the command.
It was reported that on Sunday, October 3, 2023, at about 9:11 am, two female horses were stolen from the stable where about five horses were kept.
According to the PPRO, “The complainant strongly suspected one Ahmed Abubakar Aliyu of Zaria, Kaduna, who was in the farm and had been visiting the farm for horse grooming and racing.”
He further disclosed that the suspect was immediately arrested from the farm and during interrogation, confessed to the crime.
Abiodun stated that the suspect moved the two horses to a nearby bush from the farm, and later hired a vehicle from the park to move the horses to Kaduna at a cost of N100,000.
“Based on the confession, the driver of the vehicle was contacted and he dropped the horses at Mararaban-Jos, Kadun, and another vehicle was arranged to convey the horses back to Bida,” the police spokesperson added.
Abiodun noted that the investigation of the case is ongoing, adding that the suspect will be made to face the law.
In another development, a petrol-laden tanker has exploded in the Sari Iganmu area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that the incident happened on Thursday evening.
The cause of the explosion is however yet unknown.
Meanwhile, officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services are currently combating the fire.
The spokesperson for the agency, Shakiru Amodu, in a terse statement sent to our correspondent, said, “Tanker fire is being combatted at the Lagos Quadrapoint Bridge, by National Arts Theater, Iganmu as Sari Iganmu and Ilupeju Fire Crews combine efforts to tame the raging fire.”