Police Arrest 4 For Stabbing FCT Resident

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police command attached to the Utako divisional headquarters, have arrested four suspects in connection with the stabbing and causing grievous hurt on one Labaran Usman in the Jabi area of the FCT.

The suspects; Mubarak Ibrahim, 24 years; Mohammed Adamu, 18 years and Aliyu Ibrahim, 19 years, were arrested by the police team while responding to a distress call that someone was stabbed by a group of young men suspected to be cult members around Jabi car park.

Exhibits recovered from the suspects include two daggers used in the perpetration of the dastardly act.

The team while intensifying investigations on the earlier arrest, on the same date, arrested another member of the group, one Ibrahim Tsoho Musa, 48 years old, from Jos North LGA, Plateau State.

Police PRO, FCT, SP Josephine Adeh said a search was conducted on his residence at Angwa Fulani Bwari, FCT, at 6pm, where one locally fabricated rifle, loaded with six rounds of ammunition, one military camouflage trouser and two daggers were recovered from him.

Investigations by the Police team revealed how the suspects perpetrated the crime and other nefarious activities they have committed within the FCT.

The PRO said effort is at top gear to unravel the source of the recovered firearm and also to clamp down on other members of the criminal syndicates still at large.

The victim, Labaran Usman, 32 years from Kaduna State, who was promptly taken to the hospital for medical attention is confirmed to be recuperating.