Friday, April 17, 2026 - The Niger State Police Command has arrested a serving Mobile Police officer in connection with an armed robbery incident that left a fuel attendant d3ad in Kontagora Local Government Area.
The incident occurred on April 15, 2026, at about 2:40 p.m.,
when a distress call was received reporting an armed robbery at Garun Mallam
Filling Station, behind BCG Garage, Kontagora.
According to the security analyst Zagazola Makama, two armed
suspects, one of whom was reportedly dressed in a mobile police uniform and
operating on a motorcycle, stormed the filling station and demanded money from
the fuel attendant after purchasing fuel.
When the attendant, identified as 20-year-old Jibrin Inuwa
of Garun Mallam, resisted, one of the suspects shot him in the chest and fled
with an undisclosed sum of money.
The victim was rushed to the General Hospital, Kontagora,
where he was confirmed d3ad, and his body was later released to his family for
burial according to Islamic rites.
Following the attack, police patrol teams from ‘A’ Division
Kontagora, led by the Divisional Police Officer, trailed the suspects to the
Dadinkowa area behind a vigilante office, where they were engaged in a gun
duel.
One of the suspects was eventually overpowered, shot in the
leg, disarmed, and arrested.
The suspect was later identified as a serving Mobile Police
officer, Insp. Jido Ahmed, attached to 61 PMF Kontagora but currently on
special duty in Agwara.
He was taken to the General Hospital, Kontagora, and later
referred to the Police Clinic in Minna for treatment.
An AK-47 rifle with number 38262 and 12 rounds of 7.62mm
ammunition were recovered from him.
Sources from the command said efforts are ongoing to
apprehend the second fleeing suspect, while investigation into the case
continues.
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