Why I moved to kill Dogara – suspect confesses 

The Bauchi State Police Command has commenced investigations into the allegation raised by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, that some persons were after his life.

According to reports, Dogara had raised alarm about plans by some persons including two police officers to kill him, over incidents of armed thefts in the Bauchi Police Armoury.

The lawmaker representing Bogoro, Dass, Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, had in a petition addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, alleged that Inspector Dakat Samuel and Inspector Auwalu Mohammed were conspiring with one other suspect, Amos, to hatch the plot.

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According to Dogara, the two inspectors allegedly sold assault rifles to Amos, who wants to kill him, urging the IGP to ensure a proper investigation of his complaint.

Reacting to the petition on Sunday, Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Umar Mamman, said the State Police Command has commenced a full-scale investigation into the allegation.

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According to Mamman, one of the arrested suspects linked to the plot, had confessed under interrogation, why he wanted to kill Dogara.

Detailing the extent of investigations so far, Mamman said: “What happened is that, we received discreet information that there are some of our officers, one of our police officers were attempting to sell a rifle, so we went after him.

“Initially we have received prior information that he was carrying the rifles inside his car, we went after him, we got him and asked about the owner of the car and he said he is the owner, we searched the car and we discovered the guns.

“When we asked who gave him the guns and he confessed he wanted to sell it, we now asked him, is it our own rifles that you want to sell and he said yes, we arrested him and started investigating him. In the cause of our investigation, he implicated one person whom he lived in the same house with.

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“In continuation of our investigations of the first person, he said it was someone in Tafawa Balewa who approached him that he was looking for a rifle to buy and that is what prompted him to carry that gun. When he gave us the name of the person, we went and arrested him.

“When we arrested him, he confessed to us that it is true that he is looking for rifle to buy because something terrible happened to him, that his house alongside those of others were burned during December 2021 incident that occurred, following the Baba Peter Gonto memorial anniversary.

“He mentioned names of some people, including that of the former Speaker in connection to the incident, saying that, that is the reason why he is looking for a rifle to kill him (Dogara), and so, we launched an investigation in that regard.

“One thing with human beings is, if he is guilty, he would not want to admit until you use wisdom, so we have intensified our investigations. And on the missing rifle in our armoury, I directed that our armoury be audited and in the cause of auditing, we discovered that apart from the two rifles we intercepted, some were not in the armoury and so we have expanded our investigations.

“And on the missing rifle in our armoury, I directed that our armoury be audited and in the cause of auditing, we discovered that apart from the two rifles we intercepted, some were not in the armoury and so we have expanded our investigations.

“Now that I am talking to you, our armoury officer, who retired two years ago was arrested the day before yesterday because we have been looking for him and now he is in our custody.

“We were still investigating and we saw that he has written to the IGP and is alleging that we didn’t call to inform him. I can tell you, if not because of what that man said, he would not discover any statement from another person that his life is at stake.”