On the 3rd of November, 2017, Dr Ibrahim Mailafia (Deceased), a Senior Lecturer with the Nasarawa State University, while returning to the Country after completion of Doctorate Degree in Artificial Intelligence from the United Kingdom, on his way to Kano, Kano State to visit his Family was attacked and Murdered in cold blood on Kaduna – Zaria – Kano Highway by the above mentioned Kidnap for Ransom/Armed Robbery gang.
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni directed a discreet investigation into the killing to bring perpetrators to justice.
The IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) attached to Operation Absolute Sanity, working on actionable intelligence today, 23rd May, 2018 arrested the above mentioned suspects responsible for the killing of Dr Ibrahim Mailafia. They confessed to the killing of the said Doctor and also to have been terrorizing motorists and communities along Niger-Abuja and Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Highways.
Recovered from their possession are Two (2) AK47 Rifles, One berretta Pistol and Two (2) phones including the iPhone of late Dr. Mailafia. They admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the killing of Dr Ibrahim Mailafia and other violent crimes in the mentioned States. They will be charged to court on completion of investigation.
Sunday Jatau ‘M’ 35yrs Native of Kaduna State – Gang leader Confessed to have personally Shot and killed Dr Mailafia
- Solomon Jatau ‘M’ 40yrs
III. Ayuba Jatau ‘M’ 32yrs
- Ishaku Luka aka Dogo ‘M’ 42yrs native of Kujama LGA Kaduna, sells arms and ammunition to the gang
- Ibrahim Daniel ‘M’ 27yrs native of Chad Republic – Found in possession of the late Dr Mailafia’s phones
- Emmanuel Garba ‘M’ 27yrs
VII. Alhaji Usman Mohammed ‘M’ 35yrs
VIII. Alhaji Ibrahim Baba ‘M’ 49yrs
- Bello Aliyu ‘M’ 36yrs
- Surajo Mohammed ‘M’ 35yrs
- Hassan Ibrahim ‘M’ 55yrs
XII. Bature Adamu ‘M’ 38yrs,
XIII. Bello Abdullahi 32yrs,
XIV. Mamuda Mohammed ‘M’ 27yrs
EXHIBITS:
- Two (2) AK47 Rifles
- One (1) Baretta pistol fully loaded
III. Five (5) AK 47 Magazines
- Sixty (60) 7.62mm Ammunition
- Operational Vehicles of the robbers gotten from their victims at gunpoint
- Two (2) robbed phones including the iPhone of late Dr. Mailafia
