Police arrest 3 fake EFCC operatives robbing students in Nasarawa

The officers of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested no fewer than three fake Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives in the state.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

Nansel revealed that the command, at about 3:45 p.m. on April 17, received a distressed call that four persons in a green-coloured Toyota Corolla car abducted a student of Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa.

He noted that the suspects robbed and abducted one ND II student at their lodge behind Government College in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state.

The police spokesperson said: “On receipt of the call, the police immediately gave the suspects a hot chase and a roadblock was mounted at Laminga junction to stop them from escaping with the victim, but they hit the barrier and fled.

“Police operatives at Anguwan Madugu mounted another roadblock, which the suspects sighted from a distance, abandoned their operational vehicle and the abducted student and fled.”

2 females, 38 others arrested for internet fraud in Abuja, Nasarawa

Nansel stated that luck ran out on one of the suspects as he was caught and beaten by an angry mob before the arrival of the police, while others fled.

He said the suspect was rescued from the mob and rushed to the Primary Healthcare Centre in Laminga, Nasarawa State, where he died while receiving treatment.

Nansel added that the operational vehicle of the suspects was recovered and taken to the station where a search was conducted and two identification cards identifying the fleeing members of the syndicate were recovered.

He disclosed that a follow-up investigation into the case led to the arrest of three other members of the gang who were residents of Custom Quarters and Up Market area in Masaka.

The police spokesman said one iPhone 12 Pro Max, Huawei and one Tecno Spark 5 earlier collected from some victims, and fake EFCC identification cards were recovered from the suspects.

Nansel noted that the suspects confessed to being the syndicate responsible for robbing and terrorising student areas in Keffi and Nasarawa Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State.

Nansel said the Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Umar Nadada, had directed that the case be transferred to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Lafia for further investigation.

The suspects, he said, would be charged to court upon the conclusion of an investigation.

The Star