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The police declared on Monday that they have arrested four suspects and neutralised two in connection with the October 23 deadly bank robbery in Otukpo, Benue State.<\/p>\n

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, said this in Abuja at a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioner of Police.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will recall the deadly Otukpo bank robbery of October 23, during which the Otukpo Divisional Police Officers, DPO, and many other innocent Nigerians lost their lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cA huge sum of money was carted away from the three commercial banks that were robbed during the operation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The IGP said the unrelenting efforts of police personnel, acting on both human and technically-generated intelligence, eventually paid off.<\/p>\n

He said the armed robbers were traced to their hideout, where two of them were neutralised and four others arrested.<\/p>\n

Egbetokun said the four suspects are currently in the custody of the Nigeria Police and are assisting in the investigation to track other fleeing members of the gang.<\/p>\n

Egbetokun said nine AK-47 rifles and 4,013 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from the suspects.<\/p>\n

He said police operatives, during a covert rescue operation carried out in Rivers and Katsina States on December 14 and 15, rescued 23 kidnapped victims.<\/p>\n

Egbetokun said the victims rescued included students of the Federal University, Dutsinma, in Katsina, adding that two notorious bandits were killed during the operation.<\/p>\n

He said the Nigeria Police had, in the last 10 weeks, recorded significant successes in reducing crime rate across the country.<\/p>\n

According to him, this was attained through a combination of efforts involving intelligence-led operations, community engagements, and proactive policing.<\/p>\n

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