A mobile policeman in Bauchi State has been reportedly killed by a legal practitioner, identified as Abdullahi Abubakar.
This was made known in a statement made available to journalists by the spokesman for Operation Safe Haven military taskforce, Captain Oya James.
The spokesman disclosed that the suspect, who claimed to be a lawyer was arrested on Saturday by troops at Rimin Zayam village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State for the alleged “killing of own Mobile Police personnel”.
The image maker of the command revealed that the incident happened on November 2, 2023 at Kuba village in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state.
James stated that the suspect admitted to being involved in kidnapping, among other sundry crimes with other gang members.
Based on his confessional statement, troops had on Sunday raided Kambal and Hurti villages in Bokkos LG.
The raid operation, DAILY POST gathered, resulted in the arrest of Yakubu Saidu and Nasiru Mohammed, who were also connected to the crime.
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233 rounds of 7.62mm special, one Techno phone, one Itel phone and one motorcycle were recovered during the raid.
In another development, troops on October 2023, rescued one Ms Abigail Felix who was said to have been kidnapped on October 28, at Angwan Malam village in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The victim has been reunited with her family, according to the statement.
Meanwhile, a reporter with Adamawa Broadcasting Cooperation (ABC), Yola, Usman Sahabi, who was abducted by gunmen last week, has been released.
Sahabi, who was covering the Adamawa State House of Assembly for the ABC and who was recently appointed as Chief of Staff to the Speaker, Bathiya Wesley, regained his freedom on Tuesday, according to dependable sources.
An aide of the Speaker who spoke in confidence, broke the news of Sahabi’s release.
The Public Relations Officer of Adamawa State Police Command, SP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed that Sahabi had regained his freedom.
Gunmen had stormed the journalist’s residence at Wuro-Chekke in the early hours of Thursday, November 2, took him away and called his family members at daybreak to demand N20 million ransom.
The ransom was said to have been negotiated down to N5 million by Monday evening, but there was no indication concerning payment upon his release Tuesday afternoon.