Outrage as Legal practitioner allegedly kills policeman

By Peters Monday, Abuja

A legal practitioner, simply identified as Abdullahi Abubakar has allegedly killed a mobile policeman in Bauchi State.

The spokesman for Operation Safe Haven military taskforce, Captain Oya James, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

He said, the troops had on Saturday arrested one “Mr Abdullahi Abubakar Lawyer” at Rimin Zayam village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State for the alleged “killing of own Mobile Police personnel”.

The incident occurred on November 2, 2023 at Kuba village in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state.

James added that the suspect admitted to being involved in kidnapping, among other sundry crimes with other gang members.

Based on his confessional statement, troops had on Sunday raided Kambal and Hurti villages in Bokkos LG.

Congress learnt that the raid was resulted in the arrest of Yakubu Saidu and Nasiru Mohammed, who were also connected to the crime.

According to him, 233 rounds of 7.62mm special, one Techno phone, one Itel phone and one motorcycle were recovered during the raid.

In another development, troops on October 2023, rescued one Ms Abigail Felix who was said to have been kidnapped on October 28, at Angwan Malam village in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The victim had been reunited with her family, according to the statement.