Police Declare Village Head, Seven Others Wanted In Jos Over Missing General
It has been reported that just one week after receiving 13 suspects
from 3 Division of Nigerian Army in Rukuba Barracks, Jos the Plateau
State Police Command, has declared eight suspects wanted in connection
with the mysterious disappearance of a former Army Chief of
Administration, Maj. General Mohammed Idris Alkali (retd).
According to Punch Metro, the suspects declared wanted included two
panel beaters (Da Chuwang Samuel aka Morinho; Nyam Samuel aka Soft
Touch)’; a farmer, Pam Gyang Dung (aka Boss); a truck driver, Timothy
Chuan and Village Head of Dura – Du District in Jos South Local
Government Area of Plateau State, Yakubu Rap.
A statement by the spokesperson of Plateau State Police Command,
Matthias Tyopev, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, obtained by THE
PUNCH on Thursday said preliminary investigation revealed that the
suspects masterminded and executed the disappearance of Alkali.
He advised anyone with useful information on their whereabouts to
report to the nearest police facility or call the following telephone
numbers – 07059473022, 08038907662, 08075391844, and 09053872296.
Mohammed Alkali was said to have retired a few weeks before he was
declared missing on Monday, September 3 2018, a day after gunmen swooped
on Dura-Du and killed about 13 persons.
About three cars were said to have been recovered from a mining
pond in Dura – Du District during a cordon and search operation
conducted by a team of soldiers led by the Garrison Commander of 3
Armour Division, Brig. Gen. Umar Mohammed.
Punch Metro reports that many civil rights organisations have
condemned the militarisation of Jos metropolis and other communities by
soldiers and arrest of persons in public places over the disappearance
of Alkali.
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