Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - The Niger State Police Command has arrested three vigilantes in connection with the m8rder of a 30-year-old man, Mohammed Bello in Rijau Local Government Area of the state.
The State
Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu E. Danmamman, disclosed this during a press
briefing at the police headquarters in Minna on Monday, January 27, 2025.
According
to the CP, the victim was last seen alive on December 8, 2024, at a vigilante
checkpoint heading to Rijau on his motorcycle with about N940,000 in his
possession.
The victim's
lifeless body was recovered on January 13th, 2025 at a nearby bush close to the
vigilante point.
"On January
16th 2025, Police operatives attached to Kontagora Area Command arrested the
following three suspects; Habibu Usman 35yrs, Tanko Abara 25yrs, Maigero
Abdullahi, 26yrs all of Tunga-Galadima village via Rijau," the CP stated
"The suspects were arrested for suspected culpable homicide of one
Mohammadu Bello 30yrs of Awala village, Rijau LGA.
"It was reported that on December 8th, 2024 at about 1300hrs, the
said victim was at a vigilante point at Tunga Galadima village with his Bajaj
motorcycle coming from Kontagora and heading to Rijau with about nine hundred
and forty thousand naira in his possession, and since then, the victim was no
where to be found until his lifeless body was recovered on January 13th, 2025
at nearby bush close to the vigilante point.
"Therefore, the vigilante men were strongly suspected while the
three suspects mentioned above were arrested and Habibu Usman confessed that
one of them known as Lawal presently at large had ever shot an innocent person
d3ad from the checkpoint.
“However, investigation is ongoing and effort to arrest other members
who are Lawal, Jibrin and Bako is being intensified.”
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