Househelp, three others arrested in connection with banker’s murder in Yobe
A house help and three others have been arrested by the Police Command in Yobe in connection with the killing of Hassan Abubakar, a staff of a commercial bank.
A house help and three others have been arrested by the Police Command in Yobe in connection with the killing of Hassan Abubakar, a staff of a commercial bank.
In a statement in Damaturu on Monday, the Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed the suspects were arrested following a report by a colleague of the deceased, Abubakar Musa, who said that Hassan didn’t report for duty and efforts to trace his whereabouts proved abortive.
He added that the suspects are: Umar Shaibu, 21, Tajjuddeen Taufiq, 20, Ismail Mohammed, 17, and Bulama Modu, 17.
“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.
“On July 24, 2021, the principal suspect, Shaibu, who happened to be the house help of the victim, was arrested while carting away valuable items from the victim’s house,” Abdulkarim explained.
More so, the spokesman said the Commissioner of Police, CP Yahaya Abubakar, who was saddened by the incident, condoled with the family of the deceased and assured them of justice.
