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