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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested 12 suspected equipped robbers allegedly liable for the gruesome sidesplitting of Arise News Channel unit member, Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, and a information guard, Barnabas Danlami, during a robbery onslaught successful Abuja.
LEADERSHIP reports that the incidental occurred successful the aboriginal hours of September 29, 2025, astatine Unique Apartment, Gishiri Village, Katampe District, wherever the victims were murdered successful acold blood.
According to constabulary sources, the arrests followed a directive from President Bola Tinubu, who had ordered information agencies to way down and apprehend the killers. Acting connected the statesmanlike directive, operatives of the Scorpion Squad, led by ACP Victor O. Godfrey, launched a coordinated cognition that relied connected “actionable integer and reconstructive intelligence.”
In a connection made disposable to journalists, the FCT Commissioner of Police said the suspects were tracked down and arrested successful aggregate operations betwixt precocious September and October 8.
“The Command remains resolute successful ensuring that each idiosyncratic progressive successful this heinous transgression faces the afloat value of the law. We volition not remainder until justness is served for the victims and their families,” the CP stated.
The 12 suspects successful custody were identified arsenic Shamsudeen Hassan (Malumfashi LGA, Katsina), Hassan Isah, 22 (Zaria, Kaduna), Abubakar Alkamu a.k.a. Abba, 27 (Musawa, Katsina), Sani Sirajo a.k.a. Dan Borume, 20 (Malumfashi, Katsina), Mashkur Jamili a.k.a. Abba, 28 (Igabi, Kaduna), Suleiman Badamasi a.k.a. Dan-Sule, 21 (Malumfashi, Katsina), Abdulsalam Saleh a.k.a. Na-Durudu (Katsina LGA, Katsina), Zaharadeen Muhammad a.k.a. Gwaska, 23 (Chikun, Kaduna), Musa Adamu a.k.a. Musa Hassan, 30 (Malumfashi, Katsina), Sumayya Mohammed a.k.a. Baby, 27 (Sammaka, Kaduna), Isah Abdulrahman a.k.a. Abbati, 25 (Zaria, Kaduna), and Musa Umar a.k.a. Small, 31 (Maiduguri, Borno).
Police investigations revealed that 4 of the suspects, Shamsudeen, Hassan, Alkamu, and Sirajo, were the archetypal to beryllium apprehended soon aft the robbery and made confessional statements detailing their roles.
During interrogation, Shamsudeen reportedly admitted to shooting the information guard, Barnabas Danlami, erstwhile helium attempted to forestall their introduction into the compound. Sirajo besides confessed that helium tried to drawback Maduagwu arsenic she fell from the 3rd level during the onslaught but was “overwhelmed by her weight.”
Shamsudeen further revealed that helium fled the country successful a victim’s achromatic Honda CR-V, which was aboriginal recovered. The suspects confessed to sharing ₦200,000 each from the proceeds of the robbery.
Recovered exhibits included 1 fabricated AK-47 rifle, 36 rounds of 9mm unrecorded ammunition, 1 locally made pistol, 1 pump-action gun, 2 unrecorded cartridges, 4 mobile phones, 2 knives, 1 cutlass, and 9 torchlights utilized during the operation.
Police operatives, acting connected caller intelligence, made further arrests connected October 8, erstwhile 3 pack members, including Musa Umar and Hassan Isah, were intercepted en way to different planned robbery cognition successful Maitama.
All suspects are presently successful custody and, according to constabulary sources, person confessed to their roles successful the crimes.
“This lawsuit is simply a tragic reminder of the request for vigilance, but it besides demonstrates the capableness of our information agencies to present swift justness erstwhile decently supported,” a elder constabulary serviceman told reporters nether information of anonymity.
The constabulary said the suspects would beryllium arraigned successful tribunal upon completion of investigations.
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