Jido Ahmed, a mobile police officer, has reportedly been arrested over an armed robbery incident that left a fuel attendant dead in Kontagora LGA of Niger state.
Citing sources within the Niger state command, Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focusing on the Lake Chad region, said the suspect was attached to 61 PMF Kontagora but currently on special duty in Agwara area of the state.
According to the publication, police sources said at about 2:40pm on Wednesday, the command received a distress call reporting an armed robbery at Garun Mallam filling station, behind BCG Garage in Kontagora.
The sources said two armed suspects, one of whom was reportedly dressed in a mobile police uniform and operating on a motorcycle, stormed the filling station and demanded money from the fuel attendant after purchasing fuel.
“When the attendant, identified as 20-year-old Jibrin Inuwa of Garun Mallam, resisted, one of the suspects shot him in the chest and fled with an undisclosed sum of money,” Zagazola quoted one of the sources as saying.
Zagazola said the victim was rushed to the General Hospital in Kontagora, “where he was confirmed dead”, and his body was later released to his family for burial according to Islamic rites.
“Following the attack, police patrol teams from ‘A’ Division Kontagora, led by the divisional police officer, trailed the suspects to the Dadinkowa area behind a vigilante office, where they were engaged in a gun duel,” Zagazola said.
The platform added that one of the suspects was “eventually overpowered, shot in the leg, disarmed, and arrested”.
“He was taken to the General Hospital, Kontagora, and later referred to the Police Clinic in Minna for treatment,” the publication said.
An AK-47 rifle with number 38262 and 12 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition were said to have been recovered from the police suspects.
The publication noted that efforts are ongoing to apprehend the second fleeing suspect, while investigation into the case continues.
When contacted by TheCable, Wasiu Abiodun, spokesperson for the state police command, declined comments on the matter.
“Let me get back to you as soon as I get details,” Abiodun said.
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