Ex-Convict, Two Others Nabbed Over Armed Robbery at Bauchi Polytechnic
Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested a 22-year-old ex-convict, Musa Bala, alongside two alleged accomplices, for their role in an armed robbery attack on students of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, which left several injured. Bala, a resident of Lushi, had only completed a two-year prison sentence for a similar offence three months ago. He was arrested with Mansur Yakubu (20) and Abbas Auwal (20), both also from Lushi, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis. According to Bauchi State Police Command spokesperson CSP Ahmed Wakil, the suspects admitted during interrogation to working with at least 13 other accomplices — including one “Daddy” of Birshin Fulani, alleged to be the mastermind of the attack. The gang reportedly launched the assault from Birshin Fulani before storming the students’ hostels. Wakil disclosed that in addition to the robbery suspects, police apprehended 36 male and […]