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PHOTOS: Police Arrest Six Suspects For Armed Robbery, Rape In Bauchi
The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended six individuals, including Abdulgaffar Abdullahi, Ahmed Abdulkadir, Zakaria Saidu, Umar Abdullahi, Musa Saidu, and Musa Mohammed, for alleged armed robbery and rape incidents.
This was made known in a statement signed by the Bauchi State Police Command’s spokesperson, Mohammed Abdullahi, shared on the command’s page on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the suspects invaded two separate houses, leading to a rape incident.
Detectives acting on a tip-off arrested the suspects who confessed to conspiring with others to rob and assault victims in the Gwallameji area of Bauchi.
The statement said, “On 25th December 2023 at about 0106hr detectives attached to E Divisional Police Headquarters Yelwa area led by the(DPO) Divisional Police Officer SP Yahaya Yunusa on tip-off information swiftly swung into action and arrested the following suspected syndicate of armed robbers;
“Abdulgaffar Abdullahi ‘m’ 20yrs aka jijiya of Sabon gida yelwa, Ahmed Abdulkadir ‘m’ 19yrs aka kurumbo of unguwan kusu, Zakaria Saidu ‘m’ 21yrs aka verati of yelwan lebura, Umar Abdullahi ‘m’ 18yrs aka yahoo boy of Yelwan Lebura, Musa Saidu ‘m’ 19yrs aka baba eru of Sabongida, Musa Mohammed ‘m’ aka the boy of gwallameji.
“The accused confessed to have conspired with the following persons; Ibrahim Danlami ‘m’ aka Gambu of Sabongida at large, Abdulrahman Haladu ‘m’ aka Kyalli of Unguwan Kusu at large, Sirajo Hassan ‘m’ aka Ciwo of Sabongida at large.
Ado Hassan ‘m’ aka Babba of Sabongida at large, Guntu fari ‘m’ of Birshin Fulani now at large armed themselves with matchet and touch-lights invaded two separate houses of one Victor Amos ‘m’ aged 41yrs of Unguwan Kashu and Dorcas Denis ‘f’ aged 25yrs of Sabongida and carted away the following items; one LG TV ’32’ flat screen, one Samsung galaxy a51, one itel keypad.
“During interrogation, the fourth suspect Umar Abdullahi confessed to having raped Peace(not real name) ‘f’ aged 23yrs a student of Federal Polytechnic during the armed robbery attack at peace palace lodge in the Gwallameji area of Bauchi sometime within the month precisely on 9th December 2023, where the accused invaded the victims lodge rape her and robbed her of infinix hot 8 mobile.
“Additionally, all the suspects further confessed to having been responsible for terrorising communities around Gwallameji, Rafin Zurfi, Unguwan Kasu, and Millennium quarters in Yelwa area Bauchi.
Recovered exhibits include an LG ’32’ flat screen, a dagger, three machetes, a torchlight, an itel keypad phone, and ₦5,910.
Credit: Facebook | Nigeria Police Force Bauchi State Police Command
The leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has described her experience with the Nigerian police as unforgettable.
In an interview with The Free Press, she recounted how officers of the Nigeria Police Force allegedly stole her brother’s watch and shoes.
Badenoch has received severe backlash from several Nigerians, including Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who criticized her negative remarks about Nigeria.
Badenoch stated, “Giving people a gun is just a licence to intimidate,” referring to the Nigerian police.
She emphasized that her experience with the Nigerian police was very negative, contrasting it with a positive encounter with the British police when she moved to the UK.
She recalled, “The police in Nigeria will rob us,” and pointed out the challenges faced in a country where people often resort to theft.
When people say I have this bad experience with the police because I’m Black, I say, well… I remember the police stole my brother’s shoes and his watch.”
In contrast, she praised the British police for their helpfulness during her own burglary incident in 2004, stating, “They were helpful before they eventually caught the person.”
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said a report that it has invited former President Goodluck Jonathan to vie for the 2027 presidency under its platform is not true.
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Ibrahim Abdullahi made the clarification in an interview with BBC Hausa.
The PDP deputy spokesman said a previous interview he granted about Jonathan’s eligibility for presidency was misconstrued.
“The report that PDP has issued its presidential ticket to former President Goodluck Jonathan or invited him to contest the 2027 presidential election is not true.
“What happened is this: I had an interview with a journalist where we discussed some issues. But in the course of the interview, he mentioned President Jonathan, asking about our opinion of him, because there are reports that he is being urged to run for the presidency.
“I responded by saying that he (Jonathan) is eligible to contest the election, because he is a Nigerian and has the right to do that by the provision of the law, and he still has one more term left. So, there is nothing wrong about him contesting the presidential election because he is eligible in the face of the law,” he said.
Abdullahi said Jonathan is just one of many prominent people, including 12 sitting governors, in the party who are eligible to seek the party’s presidential ticket.
He maintained that PDP would not need to woo Jonathan as the party has done enough for him.
Daily Sun
A political activist, Aisha Yesufu, has urged prominent British-Nigerian politician, Kemi Badenoch to move on from her fixation on Nigeria.
Badenoch has sharply divided Nigerians with some of her recent comments about the country, with Vice President Kashim Shettima accusing her of denigrating Nigeria.
In a fresh incident, the Leader of the UK Conservative Party was asked by a British journalist if she trusted the British police.
Responding, Badenoch said, “I do. My experience with the Nigeria Police was very negative. Coming to the UK, my experience with the British Police was very positive.”
She claimed men of the Nigeria Police Force stole her brother’s shoe and watch but did not elaborate on the incident.
Yesufu, who reposted a short clip of the interview on X, chided Badenoch for making her response about Nigeria when the question did not warrant it.
“Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch should grow up and move on! Context is everything! She was asked if she trust the British police? How is what happened with Nigerian police a reason for her to know if she will trust her British police or not? What also brought in our poverty?” Yesufu queried.
She added, “If UK doesn’t give enabling environment for people to loot Nigeria’s wealth and take it there, poor and Nigeria will not be in the same sentence.
“So because the bar is low in Nigeria, it doesn’t mean that she should lower the bar for their police there! She should not use her Nigerian poverty mentality to lower the bar there!”
Yesufu also charged the Nigeria Police Force to improve on its performance.
“@PoliceNG , you see your life? Always disgracing us up and down!” she said.
Daily Sun
Police are robbers, stole my brother’s shoe – Kemi Badenoch
2027: PDP denies inviting Jonathan to contest presidency
Kemi Badenoch should move on – Aisha Yesufu
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