Police Arrest 12 Suspected Robbers Linked To Arise TV Anchor's Death
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 12 suspected armed robbers linked to the killing of an Arise News staff member, Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, and a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, during a robbery attack in Abuja.
Arise TV, in a post on its
website on Thursday, said the arrests followed an operation led by the Scorpion
Squad under the FCT Command, based on intelligence provided by a forensics
firm, Giga Forensics, a subsidiary of EIB STRATOC.
According to Arise, the
Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, ordered a manhunt for the suspects after
the September 29, 2025, attack at Unique Apartment in Gishiri Village, Katampe
District, which occurred around 3:30 a.m.
The statement said operatives of
the Scorpion Squad, led by ACP Victor Godfrey, arrested the suspects following
actionable digital and reconstructive intelligence provided by Giga Forensics,
a subsidiary of EIB STRATOC.
The suspects are:
Shamsudeen Hassan ‘m’ from
Malumfashi LGA Katsina state
Hassan Isah ‘m’, 22 years from
Zaria kaduna State
Abubakar Alkamu a.k.a. abba ‘m’,
27 years from Musawa LGA katsina state
Sani Sirajo a.k.a. dan borume ‘m’
20 years from Malumfashi LGA katsina state
Mashkur Jamilu a.k.a. abba ‘m’ 28
years from Igabi LGA kaduna state
Suleiman Badamasi a.k.a. dan-sule
‘m’ 21 years from Malumfashi LGA katsina state
Abdul Salam saleh a.k.a.
na-durudu ‘m’ from katsina lga katsina State
Zaharadeen Muhammad a.k.a. gwaska
‘m’ 23 years from chikun lga kaduna state
Musa adamu a.k.a. musa hassan ‘m’
30 years from malumfashi lga katsina state
Sumayya Mohammed a.k.a. baby ‘m’
27 years from Sammaka LGA, Kaduna state
Isah Abdulrahman a.k.a. abbati
‘m’, 25 years from Zaria LGA, Kaduna state
Musa Umar a.k.a. small ‘m’ 31
years from Maiduguri LGA Borno state.