Bayelsa Police Command on Monday said it had arrested four suspected killers of a police officer attached to Anti-terrorism Unit in the state.
The Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, told newsmen in Yenagoa that a 24-year-old suspect was arrested in connection with armed robbery and murder of Corporal Sammy Saturday who was killed at Tombia roundabout, Yenagoa in October.
Mukan said: “The suspect led police to arrest other members of the gang who confessed how the police officer was killed.
“They confessed to members of Greenland Confraternity, investigation is ongoing.”
The police commissioner said that the command had also arrested two men suspected to have allegedly killed a 16-year-old undergraduate in Bayelsa, Seiyefa Fred.
He said that most of the crimes were cult and illicit drug-related.
Makan called on the residents to cooperate and assist the command in its efforts at ensuring peace, security and safety of lives and property in the state.
Trending
- Three electrocuted in Ogun market
- Correctional service to publicly display fleeing inmates’ details
- Flights diverted as fire breaks out at Lagos International Airport
- 118 inmates escape as Suleja custodial centre fence collapses
- How FRSC reduced Road Traffic Crashes by 42% – Corps Marshal
- FCCPC uncovers prices in Yen as it grills Chinese supermarket owners + Photos
- Reporters detained for airing music, taking calls from girls
- German police arrest 11 Nigerians laundering money made from dating scam