The Kebbi State Police Command on Tuesday said it has arrested three members of the Lakurawa terrorist group while offering a N1.6m bribe to its lead investigator.

A statement by the command’s spokesman, SP Nafiu Abubakar, said the three suspected members of the group – Umaru Garba, Alhaji Abubakar Mamman and Usman Muhammadu – had conspired to offer detectives the sum of N1.6m to compromise the investigation and prosecution of a banditry case perpetrated by the Lakurawa terrorists.

It added that the three suspects were immediately arrested, adding that an investigation had commenced into the matter.

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The statement said the state Commissioner of Police, Bello M. Sani, has reiterated the command’s determination in the ongoing onslaught against banditry and other heinous crimes for socio-economic activities to thrive in the state.