Bauchi: Police arrest man hired for ‘N50,000’ to commit murder

The Bauchi State Police Command said it had on Saturday, apprehended a 40 year-old man who was allegedly hired for a fee of N50,000, to abduct and kill one Tahiru Sulaiman of Nabordo town in Bauchi State.


The arrest is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday.

It said the culprit (name withheld), a resident of Gulawa village in Toro Local Government area of Bauchi, was hired by a 25 year-old resident of Zaranda village in Bauchi, to carry out the heinous crime.

The command said the culprit, who posed as a member of a vigilante group before abducting his victim, had already received N5, 000 as advance payment, before police waded in and rescued the victim, following intelligence report.
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