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From Jude Owuamanam, Jos
Police in Plateau State, said they have arrested nine persons in connection with another planned attack on Angwan Rukuba community in Jos North Local Government Area of the state.
The nine suspects were among those paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Bassey Ewah, at the police headquarters on Friday, for committing various crimes.
According to Ewah, the nine suspects, who were members of the dreaded Sara Suka sect, were arrested in Jos, as they were planning an attack to avenge the killing of their family members during the Palm Sunday attack in the area, in which more than 30 persons were murdered. Arms and other weapons were recovered from them.
Also paraded by the Commissioner of Police was a student of the University of Jos, who was caught with a pistol and a human skull. Ewah also paraded a group of suspects in connection with the murder of 40-year old gym instructor, Ebubechukwu Kelvin Ihionu. He was murdered immediately after the Angwan Rukuba attack and his body recovered near the University of Jos. The arrest of the suspects followed the recovery of the victim’s phone from one of them, who subsequently led the police to other accomplices.
According to the police commissioner, on 01/04/2025 at about 09:30 am, the police received report that 40-year old Ihionu, of Utan, Jos North LGA was lynched very close to the University of Jos permanent site by a mob. He said: “Upon receipt of the report, our men immediately swung into action; the phone of the deceased was tracked and recovered from one Usman Idris. Upon conducting an interview with the suspect, he revealed that he bought the phone from one Abba Musa, male who also revealed that he bought it from a third suspect, one Abubakar Sadiq Mustapha.
“Further investigation revealed that Abubakar Sadiq Mustapha was the one who picked the phone from the scene of the attack.” The police also paraded some suspects for act of gross indecency, criminal force, rape and unnatural offence. One of those arrested was a rapist, 19-year old Longnan Joshua, who was caught having carnal knowledge of a one-year old girl.
