Police Arraign 28 Over Bauchi Mayhem

The Bauchi State Police Command has arraigned 28 suspects for allegedly participating in the killing of some victims and destruction of property during the Jan. 27 mayhem in Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi.

The suspects, led by Paul Luka and 27 others, were alleged to have conspired and killed some innocent victims and destroyed property worth millions of naira.

The Prosecutor, Mr. Sabon-Kasuwa Husseini, told the Chief Magistrate’s Court that the suspects committed the offence with the connivance of one Mustafa Adamu, alias “Black,” Usuman Musa and Dang Ayuba, all of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area, now at large.

He said the three suspects, who were in possession of dangerous weapons, arms and ammunition, conspired with 25 others, currently in prison custody, to commit the crime.

Husseini alleged that the suspects had on the fateful day killed one

Danladi Umar and Tasiu Dalhatu and burnt down some houses, shops, vehicles and places of worship in Tafawa Balewa town and environ.

All the accused declined to enter any plea, and Husseini urged the court to adjourn the case to a later date to enable the police to conclude their investigations.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Aliyu Usman, adjourned the case till March 1, and ordered that the suspects be remanded in prison

custody.