The operatives from the Bauchi State Police Command have confirmed the deaths of three individuals in connection with a case involving conspiracy, armed robbery, and culpable homicide.
According to The PUNCH, the command’s spokesperson, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident in a WhatsApp message to journalists on Tuesday.
He stated, “On August 18, 2024, at about 2200hrs, the police in Misau Local Government Area received information from a good samaritan who said that he saw a body lying down in a pool of blood in Anguwan Agwaluma in the outskirts of Misau town.”
“On receiving the information, the DPO, Misau Police Division, led a team of detectives to the scene and discovered that the victim’s throat was stilted and cut with a knife. The detectives moved the body to the general hospital Misau where he was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.”
According to Wakil, the victim was later identified as one Muhammad Mamuda Baba Jibir of Sabon Layi in Misau town.
He revealed that the 25-year-old victim was a commercial motorcycle operator, commonly known as Achaba. The victim’s motorcycle was reportedly stolen by suspected armed robbers.
The PPRO confirmed that the victim’s body was handed over to the family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
Ahmed Wakil further reported that after the incident, “On the 19th of August 2024, Monday, two suspects were arrested by the Police with the said motorcycle along the Misau-Kari road, where they were lynched by an irate mob that burnt one of the bodies to ashes, but the motorcycle was recovered.”
“The Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed, while reacting to the ugly incident, frowned at the actions of irate youths who, instead of taking the suspects to Police custody for proper investigations, mobbed the suspects that were arrested by the police.
“They overpowered the Police, took them out of their possession, and killed them.”
“This is barbaric and inimical to the laws governing our dear country.”
The PPRO added that the police commissioner warned state residents that under his leadership, the command would not tolerate or permit individuals to take the law into their own hands by killing suspects who have been lawfully and promptly arrested by the police.
“He, therefore, further warned that nobody has any right to treat a suspect in such a barbaric manner, and it is wrong for anyone to assume the position of law enforcement agencies.
“The suspects apprehended in connection with the crime should be allowed to be duly investigated by the police or any other security agencies saddled with the responsibility to investigate and prosecute such suspects.”
