Police in Kano have arrested a 60-year-old woman and her two sons for alleged armed robbery.
Aisha Isyaku and her two sons, Ibrahim and Ahmadu Isyaku, were among the 392 suspected criminals paraded on Thursday by Kano State Commissioner of Police, Habu A. Sani at Bompai Police Command.
The police commissioner said the suspects were arrested on July 2, following an attack on the residence of one Abdullahi Isa at Rantan village of Bebeji Local Government Area of the state.
He explained that the suspects attacked the residence and robbed their victim of the sum of N400, 000 cash.
Sani added that acting on credible intelligence, the police operatives of Operation Puff Adder of the command attached to Special Anti-Robbery Squad stormed the suspects residence and conducted an on-the-spot search, where 2 AK47 rifles and two magazines with 41 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition were recovered.
“Upon the search, we recovered two AK-47 rifles, two magazines containing 41 rounds 7.62 mm live ammunition, one single barrel gun with four live cartridges and a set of suspected army camouflage uniforms,” he said.
He said further investigation led to the arrest of the mother of the suspects, who was trying to conceal the exhibits of her children’s crime.
The police commissioner further revealed that the younger brother of the complainant, one Shehu Isah, was also arrested in connection to the crime.
He said all the suspects had confessed to the crime.