Crime
Police nab two ATBU students, one other for alleged cult-related killings
Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested two students of the Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University (ATbU) over alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, and association with an unlawful cultist society
The suspects were arrested on February 18 alongside their accomplice, who’s a graduate of University of Jos
The command’s spokesman, Ahmed Wakili, in a statement on Feb 23, identified the suspects as Hoomvez Martins Nyelong, 27 aka “Slim” Daniel Audu Adamu, 26 and Maigari Inuwa 29 aka “Mega Fashion World”
Their arrests followed a distress call received on February 18 from one Abubakar Shehu (pseudonym) a 45-year-old resident of Kuhu village in Durum ward, Bauchi LGA
The said Shehu reportedly discovered the corpse of an unidentified deceased young man in a bush in the outskirts of Kuhu village
The Patrol Team was said to have evacuated the body to the ATBU Teaching Hospital Bauchi, where the victim was confirmed dead
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