Two robbery suspects have been arrested by the Niger State police command have for attacking vehicles conveying goods from the market in Kokongi through Wawa village in the Borgu Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, Jariri Chede, 25, and Janya Shehu, 20, were arrested by police detectives after they robbed one Sunday Ishaya of Kokongi village of his money and other valuables. According to reports, the victim was driving to Kokongi en route Wawa village when the robbers attacked, disposing him of N70,000 and a Tecno phone valued at N73,000.
They also allegedly robbed the young man of two cartons of dry gin valued at N9,000 and a box of snuff valued at N2,000, Northern News reports. The suspects reportedly attacked the victim with a single-barreled gun and cutlasses, inflicting injuries on him, before leaving him in a pool of his blood. Shehu who only recently just got married told newsmen that he joined the gang because he needed money to take care of his wife. “I don’t want my wife to lack anything; I can do anything to please her. I promised her that I will do everything to please her no matter what, not until I found myself in police net. “I have no regrets because I voluntarily, willingly committed the crime so it doesn’t make sense to say I’m regretting, it is between me and Allah,” he said. On how his wife and family would feel, he said; “My wife definitely will feel bad but I committed the crime so let me go in for it and as for my parents, I have disappointed them and I pray they will forgive me.” Photo Credit: Getty
