A gang of three men who dressed in hijab to rob victims in Rafi local government area of Niger State has been arrested by operatives of the State Police Command.

The Niger State Police Command has been arrested five persons for alleged involvement in kidnapping and armed robbery in Rafi and Mariga local government areas of the state.

The State Commissioner of Police, Usman Adamu, who disclosed this to newsmen, said one Alhaji Ibrahim Garkuwa of Tashan Kare reported at Kagara Police Division that some hoodlums who were armed with machetes, sticks and dressed in Hijab (a dress normally adorned by Muslim women) and face masks, invaded his house at Tashan Kare.

Adamu quoted Garkuwa as saying the criminals attacked his (Garkuwa’s) wife and daughter, inflicting various degrees of injury on them.

The commissioner revealed that on receipt of the complaint, a team of policemen from Kagara Division arrested the three suspects –Usman Daiyabu, 20, Mohammad Nata’ala, 20, and Afani Lawal, 23, of Tashan Kare.

According to Adamu, the suspects have confessed to the crime.

Adamu added that further investigation into the matter revealed that the suspects proceeded to the shop of one Hippolite Onyebor of the same address, broke his shop and carted away half a bag of rice, soft drinks, bread and some other items.

“We recovered one Hijab, face mark, two knives, one phone, one iron and some sachets of Peak Milk from the suspects,” Adamu said.

The police commissioner also said one Sarkin Fulani Iro Aliyu of Kudun-Gure Fulani settlement, Kotonkoro, Mariga Local Government Area reported to the police that some hoodlums numbering about five invaded his compound, firing sporadically into the air and kidnapped his daughter, Defu Ibrahim.

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Acting on the complaint, a team of police detectives from Bangi Division, gave the hoodlums a hot chase and rescued the victim unhurt.

Adamu explained that one of the suspects, Mohammed Betuwa, 25, was arrested. Further investigation by the police, according to Adamu, led to the arrest of Betuwa’s accomplice, Hamidu Alhaji Badori, 35.

Adamu said the suspects will soon be charged to court.