Four suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, in connection with the stabbing and causing grievous hurt of a man identified as Labaran Usman in the Jabi area of the FCT.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that the suspects, namely: Mubarak Ibrahim 24 years, Mohammed Adamu 18 years and Aliyu Ibrahim 19 years, were arrested by the Police team while responding to a distress call that someone was stabbed by a group of young men suspected to be cult members around Jabi car park.
Some of the exhibits recovered from the suspects include two (2) daggers used in the perpetration of the dastardly act.
The team while intensifying investigations on the earlier arrest, on the same date, arrested another member of the group, Ibrahim Tsoho Musa 48 years old, from Jos North LGA, Plateau State.
Confirming their arrest, SP Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the command said, “A search was conducted on his residence at Angwa Fulani Bwari, FCT, at 6 PM, where a locally fabricated rifle, loaded with six rounds of ammunition, one military camouflage trouser, and two daggers were recovered from him”.
“Investigations by the Police team have revealed how the suspects perpetrated the crime and other nefarious activities they have committed within the FCT.
“Meanwhile, effort is at top gear to unravel the source of the recovered firearm and also to clamp down on other members of the criminal syndicates still at large.
“The victim, Labaran Usman 32 years from Kaduna State, who was promptly taken to the hospital for medical attention is confirmed to be recuperating”.
The Commissioner of Police FCT Command, CP Haruna G Garba, while commending the men, tasked them to increase the tempo and aggressively flush out miscreants from the Territory.
He also enjoined residents of the FCT to maintain vigilance and report suspicious activities to the police through the following emergency numbers: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, while the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk, which could be reached at 09022222352