The police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of a Bolt driver, Obasi Okeke, in Abuja.

The Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Haruna Garba, said this on Thursday at a news conference in Abuja.

Mr Garba said the suspects were arrested following a report over the discovery of the victim lying in his pool of blood with a slit throat at Ngugu Close, Area 11, Garki Abuja.

He said an investigation to ascertain the author of the dastardly act led to the arrest of the three suspects.

The CP said that during the investigation, the police discovered that the deceased was a bolt driver called by one of the suspects to convey them to the Guzape Area of Abuja.

He said the suspects had engaged the bolt driver to the area to buy Indian hemp and had no money to pay him for his service.

“They showed the deceased a fake debit alert on one of their phones, but the deceased insisted that he had not received any alert.

“In the ensuing argument, one of the suspects brought out a knife, slit the deceased throat and fled from the scene,” CP said.

He said the three suspects who confessed to committing the crime would be charged to court upon completing the investigation.

Also, the CP said the command had arrested a scavenger over the alleged abduction of a three-year-old boy in the Nyanya area of Abuja.

He said the suspect was arrested on July 13 by police operatives from Nyanya Divisional Headquarters following actionable intelligence.

“The suspect had lured the boy, and when he was going with him with the full complements of his scavenging materials, he was suspected and about to be lynched by angry mobs at area ‘B’ Nyanya.

“They rescued the boy and arrested the suspect. In the course of the investigation, the suspect confessed to the crime and mentioned one Abba as his co-accomplice who engaged him to look for a boy for him.

“The rescued boy has since been handed over to the parents while the suspect will soon be charged to court,” he added.

In a related development, Mr Garba said operatives of the command had, on June 16, arrested a notorious car thief.

He said the suspect had visited a car wash in Area 10, Garki area of Abuja and pretended to buy a Mercedes Benz GLK 350 Jeep valued at N14,000,000.

The CP said the suspect had demanded to test drive the vehicle and was obliged.

He said the suspect zoomed off with the vehicle to an unknown location, adding that the suspect was arrested three weeks later with the car in Jos by the police.

Mr Garba also said the command had, on July 18, arrested three suspects over kidnapping in the Jikowyi area of the FCT.

He said the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence and with the support of a patriotic individual.

The CP said the suspects had called the victim on the phone with a threat to kidnap him, adding that the suspects would be charged to court while concluding the investigation. 

(NAN)