Police arrest assassin hired for N50, 000

A 40 year-old man allegedly contracted at N50,000 to abduct and kill one Tahiru Sulaiman of Nabordo town in Bauchi State, has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command.

The command in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed on Monday, said the culprit (name withheld), a resident of Gulawa village in Toro Local Government area of Bauchi, was hired by a 25 year-old resident of Zaranda village in Bauchi, to carry out the heinous crime.

The command said the culprit, who posed as a member of a vigilante group before abducting his victim, had already received N5, 000 as advance payment, before police waded in and rescued the victim, following intelligence report.

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It listed the items recovered at the scene of the crime, to include one red Boxer motorcycle, one cutlass and the sum of N5, 000, being the advance payment.

It said the sponsor of the crime had also been apprehended and investigation into the matter had commenced.

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