Househelp, 3 others in soup over banker’s murder

The Yobe State Police Command has nabbed four suspects for alleged involvement in the killing of a member of staff of the United Bank for Africa, UBA, in  Damaturu, the state capital, Hassan Abubakar.

The state police public relations officer, Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement identified the suspects as Bulama Modu, 17,  Ismail Mohammed, 17; Tajjuddeen Taufiq, 20;   and Umar Shaibu, 21, adding that they were arrested during a sting operation by detectives of ‘B’ Divisional Police Headquarters.

The statement read: “On July 23, 2021 at about 1130hrs a report was received from one Abubakar Musa, an employee of UBA Bank, Damaturu Branch, that the victim, one Hassan Abubakar, a co-employee, did not report for duty and efforts to trace his whereabouts proved abortive.

“Consequently, detectives swung into action and his home and premises were searched and blood stains were observed on the floor with some iron rods covered with blood, probably used in the commission of the offence.

“On July 24, 2021 the principal suspect, Shaibu, who happened to be the househelp of the victim, was arrested while carting away valuable items from the victim’s house.

“Upon interrogations, he confessed to the crime, stating that on July 22, 2021, he and three other suspects attacked the victim in his house at Red Bricks Housing Estate in Damaturu.

“They robbed him (deceased) of money but ended up killing the victim, buried the corpse in the compound and fled.

“On the next day, July 23, 2021, they began to sell the property until they were eventually nabbed by the police.”

Abdulkarim said the Commissioner of Police, Yahaya Abubakar, was grieved by the crime and sympathised with the bereaved family.

He assured that the culprits would be brought to book, as they would be charged to court at the end of investigations.