'One chance? robbers k!ll police inspector in Abuja

A serving police inspector, identified as Hussaini Umar, has been reportedly k!lled by some suspected members of a ‘one chance’ syndicate in Abuja. 

The deceased said to be attached to the Force Intelligence Bureau (FID), had reportedly boarded the gang’s vehicle from Maitam Junction in the city centre to his home in Dei-Dei community in FCT, on Friday night, July 12, 2024.  

A police convoy on Saturday morning, conveyed his remains from Kubwa General Hospital to Zaria, his home town, for burial.

A police official in the convoy,  who didn’t disclose his name, told the Daily Trust that Umar was st@bbed by the robbers before they dumped him around a bridge, near the NNPC Junction in Kubwa.

He said another vehicle ran over him, before the police patrol team, stationed around the junction, were alerted about the incident by some motorists, who took him to the hospital.

A police source in Dei-Dei equally confirmed the incident, adding that the victim had been living in the area for a while, and recently relocated his family to join him.