A 21-year-old domestic servant, Umar Shaibu, has been arrested by the police in Damaturu, Yobe State, for conspiring with three others to rob and murder his employer, a banker.
After robbing and killing his boss on Thursday, July 22, Shaibu and his accomplices allegedly buried the body of his boss, Hassan Abubakar, a staff of Damaturu Branch of United Bank for Africa (UBA), in the compound.
On the next day, July 23, the house help from the pit of hell and members of his gang were selling their victim’s property after the gory murder when they were arrested by the police.
His cohorts identified as Tajjuddeen Taufiq, aged 20; Ismail Mohammed, 17; and Bulama Modu, 17, all residents of Damaturu, have been arrested by the police, according to Dungus Abdulkarim, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, and spokesperson for the Yobe State police command.
“On July 24, 2021 the principal suspect, Shaibu, who happened to be the house help of the victim, was arrested while carting away valuable items from the victim’s house.
“Upon interrogations, he confessed to the crime, stating that on July 22, 2021, he and three other suspects attacked the victim in his house at Red Bricks Housing Estate in Damaturu.
“They robbed him (deceased) of money but ended up killing the victim, buried the corpse in the compound and fled.
“On the next day, July 23, 2021 they began to sell the property until they were eventually nabbed by the police which led to the arrest of the three other suspects”, Abdulkarim said in a statement on Monday.
He added, “The culprits were apprehended during a sting operations carried out by detectives of ‘B’ Divisional Police Headquarters.
“On July 23, 2021 at about 1130hrs a report was received from one Abubakar Musa, an employee of UBA Bank, Damaturu branch that the victim, one Hassan Abubakar, a co-employee, did not report for duty and efforts to trace his whereabouts proved abortive.
“Consequently, detectives swung into action and his home and premises were searched and blood stains were observed on the floor with some iron rods covered with blood, probably used in the commission of the offence.
Abdulkarim said the suspects would be charged to court after investigations”.
According to him, the Commissioner of Police, CP Yahaya Abubakar who was saddened by the act committed by the suspects, has condoled with the family of the deceased and assured them of justice.
