24th August, 2022
Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) of Nigeria Police have arrested four suspects over the murder of Bauchi House of Assembly member Musa Mante, one Mallam Dahiru Suleiman, and a retired Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Garkuwa.
The suspects, Hashimu Galadima (aka Kan-Wuka) aged 48, Abdulwahab Alhassan (aka Emeka) aged 31, Abdulwahab Ahmed (aka Dan-Mama) aged 35, and Alh. Modu Saleh, all of Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State, were paraded by the spokesperson for Nigeria Police, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi at the Force headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday.
The Bauchi lawmaker was killed on 20 August, 2020 in Dass local government area, his constituency by the suspects.
The suspects, according to the police spokesperson confessed to the three murders in addition to the abduction of the Bauchi’s lawmaker’s two wives and two children after killing him.
The suspects, who according to the police, are members of a syndicate actively involved in kidnapping and robbery operations within Bauchi state and its environs confessed that they they killed the police officer because he was a bane to their operation in the area.
The statement by Adejobi partyly reads: “Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) have successfully brought to a close case of murder which seemed unsolved with the arrest of some notorious suspects involved in criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, and kidnapping in June 2022.
“The arrest followed a charge on the tactical and operational squads by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, on the need to ensure cases are investigated to a justifiable and reasonable conclusion.
The suspects, Hashimu Galadima (aka Kan-Wuka) aged 48, Abdulwahab Alhassan (aka Emeka) aged 31, Abdulwahab Ahmed (aka Dan-Mama) aged 35, and Alh. Modu Saleh, all of Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State, were arrested following credible intelligence.
“The suspects, according to investigations, are members of a syndicate actively involved in kidnapping and robbery operations within Bauchi state and its environs.
“They confessed to the murder of one Hon. Musa Mante, a then serving member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly from Dass LGA in August 2020, and the kidnap of his two wives and 1-year old daughter.
“They similarly confessed to the murder of one Mallam Dahiru Suleiman, and a retired Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Garkuwa, who they claimed was a bane to their free operation in the area.”
He added that the suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of investigations.