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Police nab 3 undergraduates over murder of Bolt Driver in Abuja, Parades suspect who zoomed off with Mercedez Benz while test-driving

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The FCT Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of a Bolt Driver, Obasi Okeke in Abuja.

The commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr Haruna Garba the disclosure while parading suspected criminals today in Abuja.

Garba said the suspects, Obasieyene Inemesit Inem, Aaron Anthony and Alasan Ayomide Olusegun both students of Bingham university, two of which are on suspension from the institution, were arrested following a report over the discovery of the victim, lying in his pool of blood with a slit throat at Ngugu close Area 11, Garki Abuja.

He said investigation to ascertain the author of the dastardly act led to the arrest of the three suspects who were undergraduates with two of them, on suspension from the institution.

According to him, in the course of investigation, it was discovered that the deceased was a bolt driver who was called by one of the suspect to convey them to Guzape Area of Abuja.

He said the suspects had engaged the bolt driver to the area to buy Indian hemp.

“Back from Guzape, to their take off point, they discovered they had no money to pay for their trip.

“They decided to play a fast one by showing the deceased a fake debit alert on their phone but the deceased insisted that he has not received any alert.

“In the ensuing argument one of the suspects brought out a knife, slit the deceased throat and fled from the scene,” he said.

The CP said the three suspects who had confessed to committing the crime would be charged to court upon completion of investigation.

Garba said the command also arrested a scavenger over alleged abduction of a three-year-old boy in Nyanya area of Abuja.

He said the suspect was arrested on July 13 by police operatives from Nyanya Divisional Headquarters following actionable intelligence.

“The suspect had lured the boy and when he was going with him with the full compliments of his scavenging materials, he was suspected and about to be lynched by angry mobs at area ‘B’ Nyanya.

“The boy was rescued and suspect arrested. In the course of investigation the suspect confessed to the crime and mentioned one Abba as his co-accomplice who engaged him to look for a boy for him.

“The rescued boy has since been handed over to the parents while the suspect will soon be charged to court,” he added.

Garba said operatives from the command had on June 16, arrested a notorious car thieve.

He said the suspect, one Ibrahim Jibrin of Rayfield Jos, Plateau State, 29, had visited an automatic car wash in Area 10, Garki area of Abuja and pretended to buying a Mercedes Benz GLK 350 Jeep valued N14,000,000.

The CP said the suspect had demanded to test drive the vehicle and was obliged.

According to him, the suspect zoomed off with the vehicle to unknown location only to be arrested three weeks later with the vehicle in Jos by the Police.

Garba said the command had on July 18, arrested three suspects over kidnapping in Jikowyi area of the FCT.

He said the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence and with the support of a patriotic individual.

The CP said the suspects had called their victim on phone with a threat to kidnap the victim. Suspects arrested will be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.

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