Police arrest Bauchi university student with pistol

Bauchi State Police Command has announced the arrest of a 300-level student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, for being in possession of a revolver pistol and a cartridge.

The police command said on Friday, December 15, that Atim Emmanuel was arrested while coming out of the university campus. The 23-year-old confessed that he got the firearm on lease for two academic sessions.

Emmanuel also reportedly claimed that he used the locally-made pistol for protection and for security when attacked. 

The statement read; 

“The Bauchi State Police Command in its efforts to  mop-up criminal elements around the students’ communities across the state, arrested one Atim Emmanuel, male (23), of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi in possession of firearm and cartridge.

“The 23-year-old student was arrested on December 11, 2023, with a locally made revolver pistol and a cartridge while coming out of the university campus.

“During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he got the firearm from one Zadog ‘m’ who leased it to him for two academic semesters at the rate of N12,000.00.

“He further stated that he acquired the firearm for his protection and security from criminals when attacked.”

 

The state Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation “to unravel more circumstances behind his motives for acquiring the firearm and to determine whether he has killed anyone with it.”