The police have arrested the notorious armed robbers involved in the robbery that led to the death of ARISE News reporter, Somtochukwu Maduagwu and the security man guarding Unique Apartment, Barnabas Danlami.
The police in a statement issued Thursday said the arrest of the suspects followed the directive of the Commissioner of Police, FCT to fish out the criminal elements responsible for the robbery incident.
TheHintsNews reports that robbery occurred at Unique Apartment, Gishiri village, Katampe district on September 29, 2025 at about 03:30hrs.
The statement reads: “Operatives of the scorpion squad led by ACP Victor Godfrey acting on actionable digital and reconstructive intelligence provided by Giga Forensics, a subsidiary of EIB STRATOC, has successfully arrested 12 of the armed robbers that were involved in that operation.”
The suspects are: Shamsudeen Hassan from Malumfashi LGA Katsina state, Hassan Isah, 22 years from Zaria Kaduna State, Abubakar Alkamu a.k.a. Abba, from Musawa LGA katsina state; Sani Sirajo a.k.a. Dan Borume from Malumfashi LGA katsina state.
Others are: Mashkur Jamilu, Igabi LGA kaduna state, Suleiman Badamasi a.k.a. Dan-Sule from Malumfashi LGA Katsina state, Abdul Salam Saleh a.k.a. Na-Durudu from Katsina State, Zaharadeen Muhammad, from Chikun LGA, Kaduna state.
Also arrested were: Musa Adamu, Sumayya Mohammed from Sammaka LGA, Kaduna state, Isah Abdulrahman, a.k.a. Abbati from Zaria LGA, Kaduna state and Musa Umar a.k.a. Small from Maiduguri LGA, Borno state.
It added: “It is important to note that shortly after the robbery incident that took place 29/09/2025 at about 0330hrs at unique apartment, Katampe district Mabushi which tragically led to the deaths of somtochukwu Christella maduagwu and Barnabas Danlami, four of the suspects: Shamsudeen Hassan, Alkamu, Sirajo and one other person were apprehended through the tracking of phones stollen from the apartment during the robbery (Tracking and intercept service provided by us)
“During interrogation, Shamsudeen Hassan confessed that he shot the security guard when he attempted to prevent them from gaining access to the apartment.
“Sani Sirajo confessed to have tried to hold Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu from falling off the three-storey building but was overwhelmed by her weight.
“Shamsudeen further confessed that he drove the white Honda CR-V jeep out of the apartment after the operation.
“The four suspects admitted that they each received ₦200,000 from the proceeds of the crime.”
Items recovered include: One fabricated AK-47 rifle, 36 rounds of 9mm live ammunition, one locally made pistol, one pump-action gun, two live cartridges, four mobile phones of the victims, two sharp knives, one cutlass and nine torchlights used during the operation
The police said in continuation of investigations, on Wednesday, October 10, 2025, acting on a tip-off and actionable digital intelligence also provided by us, the remaining members of the gang.
It added that Musa Umar, also known as Small, Hassan Isah and other accomplices involved in the gishiri robbery were intercepted while en route to an already planned armed robbery operation scheduled to hold at Maitama in the early hours of this morning.
The police revealed that all suspects have confessed to the crimes, adding that investigation is ongoing, and further developments would be communicated.