Mr Ahmed warned the officers against ethno-religious sentiments in the discharge of their duties.
The police said that 116 other criminal cases and 17 unnatural offences were under investigation.
Dele Farotimi himself was perspicacious about the events as they have so far unfolded.
The police spokesman said 47 ATM cards, four cell phones, and a Mercedes Benz car were recovered from the suspects.
The spokesman said the syndicate sometimes posed as commercial bank officials on a duty to upgrade customers’ accounts.
The state police spokesperson said that the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of investigation.
He said the police arrested Mr Garba in possession of the cable in the area on Thursday when they became suspicious of him.
Mr Abdulkarim said the suspects were arrested in an 18-seater bus en route to Damaturu to obstruct the just concluded Yobe East by-election.
It was gathered that the shovel and the cutlass used to perpetrate the dastardly act by the stepbrother were also missing.
He alleged that the duo were in possession of a remotely piloted machine gun when they were arrested.
