Bauchi Police arrest four suspects over murder of filling station manager

Four suspected armed robbers, including a female, have been arrested
by the police in Bauchi State in connection with attacking and killing
a filling station manager, Usman Suleiman, 35, in Bauchi metropolis.
Parading the suspects before journalists at the Police headquarters,
in Bauchi, on Wednesday, the state's Police Public Relation Officer,
Kamal Daitti Abubakar, disclosed that the suspects attacked and killed
the late Sulieman at KAMS Universal Concept Filling station, along
Bauchi-Jos road, last December.
Kamal, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the four suspects
also grievously injured one Mohammed Salisu, 25, of Gutu village, in
Bauchi Local Government and robbed them of their of GSM handsets.
The police spokesman also said the handsets allegedly seized from
their victims were Tecno T401, one LG Mobile and Samsung SA.
Kamal said: "Following a discreet investigation by operatives attached
to the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of the command, the following
suspects were arrested in connection with the case. Onyeka David aka
Swag "m" 27 years, Onyeka Okeke "m" 34 years, Happy Henry "m" 32 years
and Grace Otopa "f" 24 years."
In their confession, one of the suspects, Onyeka, said they stormed
the area hoping to get money from the sales attendance.
He said further that Grace, the female suspect, was the one they sent
on surveillance even before carrying out the attack.
"We did not shoot the manager; we only beat him. It was later we
discovered that he had died but our leader is now at large because
they arrested us," he said.
In a similar development, Kamal said the command has also arrested two
suspected burglars who broke into the shop of a physicall- challenged
person, Auwal Rabiu, in Rashi village, in Alkaleri Local Government
Area of the state and stole many GSM phones and accessories belonging
to his customers which they brought to charge in his shop.
The PPRO said that the suspects, Abubakar Mohammed of Nasarawa Jahun
Bauchi and Yahuza Adamu of Bara village of Kirfi Local Government were
arrested by the operatives attached to X-squad.
He said both suspects confirmed to the crime while exhibits recovered
from them include, 35 GSM phones of different type among accessories.