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Robbery gang member arrested during attack on woman inside her house

opera.com 2025/2/9

A member of a robbery gang has been arrested by men of the Adamawa State Police Command during an attack carried out by the gang on a woman at her home, the command announced in a statement posted on Monday, January 20, 2025.

The state police command disclosed the development on its X handle on Monday afternoon, saying the gang member, Ferdinand Yerima, wes apprehended by the operatives attached to the Hong Divisional Headquarters of the command while others escaped.

(Caption): The arrested robber, as posted by the state police command today.

According to the command, the gang went to the house of the woman, who is a staff member of the College of Education in Hong and robbed her of her phone while brandishing weapons.

However, following a distress call received, the operatives were said to have raced to the scene and while other gang members fled on seeing the policemen, Yerima was arrested while a jack knife and the stolen phone were recovered from him.

The command wrote: "One of the suspects, identified as Ferdinand Yerima, was arrested at the scene, and a jack knife used in committing the crime along with the stolen phone was recovered. While others fled to avoid arrest."

He was said to have given more useful information to the police operatives and he is expected to be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.

Also, a manhunt had been launched for in order to arrest the fleeing members of the gang.

Below is the screenshot of the posts by the state police command on the arrest:

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