By Umaru Gana,
Bauchi
Four suspected armed robbers including a female have been arrested by the police in Bauchi State in connection with the killing of a filling station manger, Usman Suleiman.
Parading the suspects at the Police headquarter in Bauchi, the Police Public Relation Officer, Kamal Daitti Abubakar, disclosed that the suspects attacked and killed the manager at KAMS Universal Concept Filling station along Bauchi-Jos road.
Kamal, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said that the four suspects also wounded one Mohammed Salisu, 25, of Gutu village in Bauchi Local Government Area and robbed them of their GSM handsets.
He said that the handsets robbed from the victims include Tecno T401, one LG Mobile and Samsung SA.
Kamal said, “Following a discreet investigation by the operatives attached to State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of the command, the following suspects were arrested in connection with the case, Onyeka David aka Swag “m” 27 years, Onyeka Okeke “m” 34 years, Happy Henry “m” 32 years and Grace Otopa “f” 24 years.
One of the suspects, Onyeka David, who confessed to the crime, said that they stormed the area hoping to get money from the sales attendants.
He said further that Grace, the female suspect, was the one they sent on survellanc even before carrying out the attack.
“We didn’t shoot the manager, we only beat him . It was later we discovered that he had died but our leader is now at large because they arrested us,” he said.
In the same vein, Kamal said that the command also arrested two suspected burglars who broke into the shop of a Physically Challenged person called Auwal Rabiu in Rashi village in Alkaleri council and stole many GSM phones and accessories belonging to his customers which they brought for charging.
The PPRO said that the suspects, Abubakar Mohammed of Nasarawa Jahun Bauchi and Yahuza Adamu of Bara village in Kirfi council were arrested by the operatives attached to X-Squad.
He said that both suspects confessed to the crime, while exhibits recovered from them include, 35 GSM phones of different types among accessories.
