The police command in Niger says it arrested a suspect, Abubakar Alfa, with one locally made pistol and a cutlass at Katcha LGA.
The state police spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday.
One of the miscreants attempted to attack a policeman with an axe and was shot in the leg and subdued,” Mr Abiodun said.
The command’s spokesman said one of the suspects is a member of a car theft syndicate.
He was stabbed on Sunday during a freshers’ night party organised by the students’ union.
He said the suspects had been transferred to SCID Minna for further necessary action.
SP Wasiu Abiodun, the police command’s spokesman, said in Minna on Tuesday that the suspects were arrested on May 4.
The suspect pleaded guilty to the charge read to him by the presiding chief magistrate, Fati Umar Hassan.
