The kogi state police command has confirmed the arrest of ten vicious and notorious armed robbery and kidnapping suspects, who they said have been terrorizing the state.

In a statement by DSP William Ovye Aya, Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), kogi state police command, which was made available to Guardian in Lokoja on Tuesday, said the crime prevention and control strategies adopted by the Command through intensive patrol, raids of identified criminal hideouts, as well as intelligence led to the arrest of the criminals.

The statement which reads in part said “The continuous onslaught against kidnapping, armed banditry and other heinous crime in Kogi State have continued to yield positive results as operatives attached to Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Kogi State recorded yet another harvest of criminal elements.

“The crime prevention and control strategies adopted by the Command through intensive patrol, raids of identified criminal hideouts, as well as intelligence led to the arrest of ten (10) suspected criminal elements terrorizing the innocent people of the State.

According to Aya, the armed robbers includes, Ibrahim saliu, Jimoh Yakubu and Isah Usman.

He listed items recovered from them to include; locally made pistol, one cut to size locally made single barrel gun, seven live cartridges and some of the victim’s properties