'' I'LL KEEP ROBBING BECAUSE TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS STEAL'' - SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBER CONFESSES
Two suspected armed robbers who were arrested by the Niger State Police Command alleged they went into robbery because of recession in the country and lack of government jobs.
The suspects identified as Shehu Bida and Bello Mallam were arrested in Talba Estate, Bida town in the Bida Local Government Area of the state.
According to Northern City News, Bida, 20 and Mallam, 18, were trailed and apprehended by the police after robbing one Mohammed Mohammed of the sum of N7,400 and two handsets valued at N9,000.
The suspects confessed that they inflicted injuries on Mohammed before dispossessing him of his N7,400 and the two mobile phone
Factsreporter learnt the hoodlums used a machete and planks to injure Mohammed on the head, for preventing them from raping his daughter.
One of the suspect Bida, confessed to have committed the crime due to the economic recession in the country.
“Many people are stealing in the country, including top government officials. People are dying of hunger and there is no job. What else do you expect me to do other than stealing?
“If am discharged by the police, I will still go back to rob people. The country is in a bad situation,” the suspect said unrepentantly.''
The Police Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abubakar, Tuesday told newsmen that the operatives recovered from the suspects the machete.
The police said the suspects would be charged to court at the end of investigation
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