18-yr-old girl-robber nabbed after drugging man to steal his motorcycle

The long arm of the law has caught up with an 18-year-old lady identified as Zinatu Abubakar, who drugged a man in her attempt to steal his motorcycle.

According to a source at the Katsina State Police Command, the suspect tricked the man into eating a chocolate bar, which made the victim become unconscious.

Commenting on the incident, SP Gambo Isah, the Katsina State Police Command spokesman, said the suspect who is a member of a syndicate that specialised in trickery was undergoing interrogation.

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SP Isah said; “On August 29, at about 10:00hrs, based on a tip-off, the command succeeded in arresting a female member of a notorious syndicate of motorcycle thieves that specialised in deceiving unsuspecting motorcycle riders by offering them poisoned chocolates.

“Nemesis caught up with one Zinatu Abubakar, ‘aged 18 years of Hayin Danmani Quarters, Kaduna State when she chattered a commercial motorcycle, ridden by one Gide Wada, aged 25 years, of Yarhaka village, Batagarawa LGA of Katsina State from Kofar Kaura to Sokoto Rima Quarters, Katsina township.”

The police PPRO said the victim fell off the motorcycle immediately he ate the chocolate served him by Zinatu.

“With the good efforts of nearby Good Samaritans who witnessed the incident, the said suspect, Zinatu Abubakar, was arrested while her cohorts, one Abubakar and Chairman took to their heels and escaped.

“The suspect confessed to have used the same modus operandi in Kaduna and Kano and robbed innocent cyclists of their motorcycles. Effort is in top gear to arrest other members of the syndicate,” SP Isah said.

 

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