Police foil early-morning robbery, recover pistol in Nasarawa

Police operatives attached to the Mararaba ‘A’ Division of the Nasarawa State Command have foiled an armed robbery operation and recovered a locally fabricated beretta pistol during an early-morning intervention in Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area.

The incident occurred at about 4:20 a.m. on Tuesday following a distress call that suspected armed robbers had attacked a wine shop along Calvary Road, Mararaba, leaving one person injured in the process.

In a statement by Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, made available to journalists on Wednesday in Jos, said the operatives swiftly mobilised to the scene and disrupted the robbery, forcing the suspects—said to be about four in number—to flee on sighting the police patrol team.

“Upon swift response to the scene, the police operatives disrupted the robbery operation, forcing the criminals to flee in disarray upon sighting the police,” the statement said.

“In the process, the suspects abandoned a locally fabricated beretta pistol, which was recovered by the police,” the release added.

Nansel explained that following the development, Shetima Jauro Mohammed, Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, ordered an intensive manhunt for the fleeing suspects and directed that the case, alongside the recovered firearm, be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Lafia for a thorough investigation.

The police command also reassured residents of Nasarawa State of its resolve to sustain proactive policing and combat all forms of crime and criminality, urging members of the public to continue to support the police with timely and useful information.

Nathaniel Gbaoron

Nathaniel E. Gbaoron is the Plateau State correspondent for BusinessDay and a seasoned journalist with a decade of experience covering sub-national affairs across Taraba, Adamawa, Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau, and other states. He holds both National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mass Communication from Fidel Polytechnic, Gboko. Over the years, he has participated in numerous media trainings and workshops spanning various areas of reporting, strengthening his expertise in economic and political reporting, community-level governance, development stories, and conflict-sensitive journalism. He is a member of Correspondent Chapel in Plateau state, a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), he is also a Rotarian and a member of Plateau Club 1921.