DSP suspected of gunrunning dies in detention

The police in Kaduna State have confirmed that the officer-in-charge of the command’s arsenal, who was recently arrested while trying to steal guns, has allegedly committed suicide. Sources said he was found dead in his cell, with blood stains all over his abdomen. Though details of the suicide are scanty, the command, through Mr.Umaru Shehu, the Commissioner of Police, confirmed the death of DSP Nambol Audu who hailed from Plateau State. He had earlier been arrested over the alleged offence. The police commissioner had told journalists that on October 20, the DSP came to the armoury with two persons in a private vehicle to steal arms and ammunition. “Police officers on guard suspected foul play and immediately stopped the vehicle from leaving the premises. Upon interrogation, the officer could not give satisfactory account of his action. “This led to his arrest and the two other occupants of the vehicle, one Zingkur Joseph of Trade Centre, Jos, and Samuel Adamu of Kuru, Jos-South Local Government Area of Plateau State. “During a search at the spot, 11 G3 rifles already concealed under the vehicle’s seat were recovered,” the police commissioner said. Shehu added that further investigation revealed that one of the two civilian suspects is a blacksmith who specialises in manufacturing locally made firearms. “The two suspects came from Jos, Plateau State, on arrangement to purchase the said firearms from the armament officer at the cost of N400,000,” he said. In another development, the police in Kaduna State have arrested two suspects, Yaro Juham and Anthony Danjuma, for allegedly raping the wife of their deceased’s brother in Southern Kaduna. The culprits took turns on the woman after inflicting harm on her, while ignoring the pleadings of her 10-year-old son who cried helplessly while the sex predators molested his mother. Saturday Tribune was told that the suspects, Yaro Juham and Anthony Danjuma, have been remanded in the Kaduna Central Prison by a Chief Magistrate Court for raping the 32- year-old widow (names withheld). “The suspects were charged to court by the state police command after they were arrested on October 16, 2014, at Gwantu, Sanga Local Government Area of the state.”