Police arrest 3 suspects over murder of Bolt Driver
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of a Bolt Driver, Obasi Okeke, in Abuja.
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr. Haruna Garba, said thison Thursday at a news conference in Abuja.
Garba said the suspects were arrested following a report of the discovery of the victim lying in a pool of blood with a slit throat at Ngugu, close to Area 11, Garki, Abuja.
He said an investigation to ascertain the author of the dastardly act led to the arrest of the three suspects.
The CP said that in the course of the investigation, the police discovered that the deceased was a bolt driver who was called by one of the suspects to convey them to Guzape Area of Abuja.
He said the suspects had engaged the bolt driver to go to the area to buy Indian hemp.
“Back from Guzape, to their take-off point, they discovered they had no money to pay for their trip.
“They showed the deceased a fake debit alert on one of their phones, but the deceased insisted that he had not received any alert.
“In the ensuing argument, one of the suspects brought out a knife, slit the deceased's throat, and fled from the scene,” CP said.
He said the three suspects who had confessed to committing the crime would be charged in court upon completion of the investigation.
Also, the CP said the command had arrested a scavenger over the alleged abduction of a three-year-old boy in the Nyanya area of Abuja.
He said the suspect was arrested on July 13 by police operatives from Nyanya Divisional Headquarters following actionable intelligence.
“The suspect had lured the boy, and when he was going with him with the full complement of his scavenging materials, he was suspected and about to be lynched by angry mobs at area ‘B’ Nyanya.
“They rescued the boy and arrested the suspect. In the course of the investigation, the suspect confessed to the crime and mentioned one Abba as his co-accomplice, who engaged him to look for a boy for him.
“The rescued boy has since been handed over to the parents, while the suspect will soon be charged in court,” he added.
In a related development, Garba said operatives of the command had, on June 16, arrested a notorious car thief.
He said the suspect had visited a car wash in Area 10, Garki, Abuja, and pretended to buy a Mercedes-Benz GLK 350 Jeep valued at N14,000,000.
The CP said the suspect had demanded to test drive the vehicle and was obliged.
He said that the suspect zoomed off with the vehicle to an unknown location, adding that the suspect was arrested three weeks later with the vehicle in Jos by the police.
Garba also said that the command had, on July 18, arrested three suspects over kidnapping in the Jikowyi area of the FCT.
He said the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence and with the support of a patriotic individual.
The CP said the suspects had called the victim on the phone with a threat to kidnap him, adding that the suspects would be charged in court while concluding the investigation.
