Police foil armed robbery attack, recover gun in Niger

An armed robbery attack was foiled in the Sauka-Kahuta area of Minna, Niger State, on Sunday.

NGGOSSIPS Metro gathered on Monday that a locally made pistol was recovered, while a female suspect was also arrested for alleged possession of cannabis.

The Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incidents in a statement.

Abiodun said a distress call was received at the Tudun-Wada Division on Sunday at about 9:00 am regarding a robbery incident in the Sauka-Kahuta area of Minna.

Preliminary investigations, according to the command, showed that at about 2:30 am the same day, a gang of six armed men, armed with a gun and cutlasses, invaded a residential building in the area.

The police said the suspects reportedly broke into the house and dispossessed an occupant of two mobile phones.

However, the operation was said to have been disrupted when one of the occupants resisted the attack and injured one of the assailants with a cutlass.

Following the resistance, the gang reportedly fled the scene in disarray, abandoning some items.

“The suspects quickly fled the scene, abandoning a locally made pistol, a cutlass, a pair of slippers, and a flashlight,” Abiodun said.

He added that police operatives, led by the Divisional Police Officer, later visited the scene and recovered the abandoned exhibits.

According to him, efforts are ongoing to track down the fleeing suspects and recover the stolen phones.

In a separate operation, the command also confirmed the arrest of a female suspect for alleged drug-related offences.

Abiodun said operatives of ‘B’ Division, Kontagora, arrested one Rukayya Mohammed, 28, of Barracks Gate area, Kontagora, on April 10, 2026, at about 3:30pm during a stop-and-search operation around Kawo village.

She was reportedly found with a polythene bag containing suspected cannabis.

“The suspect was arrested with a polythene bag containing some quantity of suspected cannabis. She confessed that she sells to members of the public,” the statement partly read.

The police spokesperson added that the suspect had been charged to court, while investigations are ongoing to apprehend her alleged suppliers.