FCT Police Arrests Four Suspected Cult Members For Stabbing Man In Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command's operatives attached to the Utako Divisional Headquarters, have arrested four suspected secret cult members in connection with the stabbing and causing grievous harm on one Labaran Usman in the Jabi area of the FCT.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command's operatives attached to the Utako Divisional Headquarters, have arrested four suspected secret cult members in connection with the stabbing and causing grievous harm on one Labaran Usman in the Jabi area of the FCT.
The Police Police Public Relations Officer, FCT, Command, Abuja, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspects, are Mubarak Ibrahim, 24yrs, Mohammed Adamu, 18yrs, and Aliyu Ibrahim, 19yrs.
Adeh explained that they were arrested by the police team while responding to a distress call that someone was stabbed by a group of young men suspected to be cult members around Jabi car park.
According to her, exhibits recovered from the suspects include two daggers used in the perpetration of the dastardly act.
She added that the team while intensifying investigations on the earlier arrest, on the same date, arrested another member of the group, one Ibrahim Tsoho Musa 'M,' 48yrs old, from Jos North LGA, Plateau State.
"A search was conducted on his residence at Angwa Fulani Bwari, FCT, at 18:00hrs, where one locally fabricated rifle, loaded with six rounds of ammunition, one military camouflage trouser, and two dagger were recovered from him.
"Investigations by the Police team have revealed how the suspects perpetrated the crime and other nefarious activities they have committed within the FCT.
"Meanwhile, effort is at top gear to unravel the source of the recovered firearm and also to clamp down on other members of the criminal syndicates still at large.
"The victim, Labaran Usman, 32yrs from Kaduna State, who was promptly taken to the hospital for medical attention is confirmed to be recuperating." The statement said.
She stressed out that the Commissioner of Police FCT Command, CP Haruna G Garba, commended the men, and tasked them to increase the tempo and aggressively flush out miscreants from the Territory.
According to her, the CP enjoined residents of the FCT to maintain vigilance and report suspicious activities to the police through the following emergency numbers: "08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, while the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk, which could be reached at 09022222352." The statement further reads.
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