A 19-year-old ex-convict, Jibril Ndako, and two others have been arrested by the police in Niger State while planning to burgle a shop in the Minna metropolis.
The two other suspects are 18-year-old Aliyu Abdullahi and 20-year-old Haruna Abubakar.
A statement by the police spokesperson in the state, Wasi’u Abiodun, said Mr Ndako had just served a jail term for theft of motorcycles.