How Yobe couple disguised as new converts to steal from Chief Imam

PM NEWS

Operatives of the Yobe Police Command have arrested a couple, Abdullahi Ibrahim and Khadija Ali for allegedly stealing a motorcycle belonging by a Muslim cleric in Fika Local Government Area of Yobe.

This was contained in a statement by DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command Spokesman, in Damaturu.

The spokesman said Ibrahim, 21, and Ali, 20 on June 4 approached the cleric because they said they wanted to convert to Islam.

“The suspects presented themselves as Jude Emmanuel, a Birom man from Farar-Kasa in Barkin Ladi, Plateau and his wife, posed as Peace Sunday.

“They were subsequently accepted and converted to Islam and, as such, placed in the custody of the Chief Imam in Fika local government area for teaching and proper guidance.

“A day later, Abdullahi informed the Imam that needed ashes from a thunder strike spot to prepare a concoction for his ailments.