Killers Of Lawmaker Arrested In Bauchi… 11 Cultists Apprehended In Edo

 The police on Wednesday announced that those who killed a member of the Bauchi state House of Assembly two years ago, have been arrested.

‘Officers attached to the  Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) have successfully brought to a close the  murder  case  that had  seemed unsolved with the arrest of some notorious suspects involved in criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, and kidnapping in June 2022.

The arrest followed a charge on the tactical and operational squads by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba on the need to ensure cases are investigated to a justifiable and reasonable conclusion. 

The suspects; Hashimu Galadima (aka Kan-Wuka) aged 48, Abdulwahab Alhassan (aka Emeka) aged 31, Abdulwahab Ahmed (aka Dan-Mama) aged 35, and Alh. Modu Saleh,  who are all of Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State were arrested following credible intelligence’ Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi , who is Force PRO, said in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com.

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The suspects, he noted, are members of a syndicate that had been actively involved in kidnapping and robbery operations within Bauchi state and its environs.

 They  have according to him  confessed to killing  a member of the Bauchi state House of Assembly, Hon. Musa Mante.

He was killed   in August 2020 while his two wives and 1-year old daughter were kidnapped. They  have also according to him  confessed to  killing  one Mallam Dahiru Suleiman, and a retired Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Garkuwa, who they claimed was hindering  their free operation in the area.

‘Similarly, 11 suspects who confessed to being members of an unlawful society, specifically the Black Axe Confraternity (aka Aiye) were arrested in Ekpoma, Edo state, following reports on their nefarious activities within the area. The suspects ;    Okosun Pascal, 22 , Michael Ehineboh, 24  ,Aneto Israel, 22,  Destiny Uhomogiwan,  23 , Bello Sunday, 20 , Eramoh Akhere,  27, Osagie Adamson,  22,  Okoruwa Christian,  24,  and Edoghogho Wellington (all  indigenes of  Esan LGA , Edo State), 20 years old Momoh Kingsley from Estako West LGA of Edo State, and 24 years old Chukwu Chukwuemeka from Nkanu West LGA of Enugu State, are all university undergraduates.

 Exhibits recovered from the suspects are 2 AK 47 Rifles, 3 pump action guns, 1 locally made pistol, 2 AK47 Magazines, 22 live rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 17 rounds of 5.56mm K2 Ammunition, and 3 live cartridges.

Officers attached to the FIB-IRT equally apprehended three people ; Murtala Ibrahim aged 37, Suleiman Rabiu aged 28, and Surajo Sani (aka Mandula) aged 39, for kidnapping and providing information to other notorious kidnap gangs on likely victims of their crime.

The suspects, who operate within Yankwani and Kurami Towns in Bakori LGA of Katsina state ,were responsible for  the kidnap of a man, his wife and two children from whom they  got 30 million Naira as ransom

An escapee from the Kuje Correctional Centre in June 2022, one Abdulrazak Isah, aged 27, from Ondo State, who got life sentence for a murder case in 2013 and had spent 10 years  before  escaping  from the detention facility, was arrested at Tafa LGA of Kaduna State for stealing an iPad and a computer monitor from a hotel in Sabon Wuse, Niger state. The suspect thereafter sold the monitor for  N5,000 and the iPad for  N10,000, before his arrest.

The FIB-IRT recovered a total of 27 firearms including 10 AK rifles, 1 G3 rifle, 8 pump action guns, 3 locally made pistols, 3 English double-barreled guns, 633 rounds of live ammunition of different calibres, 8 expended cartridges, and one cutlass from the suspects in the course of investigations.

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has assured well-meaning members of the society who are stakeholders in security, of the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to ensuring that all criminal suspects are dealt the full blow of the law upon arrest. 

All the suspects will be arraigned after the completion of investigation’ he  added -Team@orientactualmags.com
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