Killers of Azubuko Nwakama, a staff of Liberty Radio, on 14th June 2024 at Panteka Market, Mpape, Abuja, have finally been arrested.
Azubuko Nwakama was attacked and robbed in July 2024 at Panteka market in Mpape.
In a statement signed by the FCT Police Command public Relations officer Josephine Adeh said Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, attached to Mpape Division tracked the victim’s phone to one Mutari Lawal, from Kano State, who was promptly arrested.
The statement said that following the incident in June 2024, detectives from Mpape Division immediately launched a comprehensive investigation.
The suspects had dispossessed the victim of his mobile phone and other valuables. Despite extensive tracking efforts, the device remained switched off, making it difficult to trace.
The investigation team remained on the case for over a year, closely monitoring possible digital traces linked to the stolen phone but the breakthrough came on 2nd August 2025, when the victim’s phone, a Redmi 13C, was switched on and was immediately tracked to Kano.
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The statement further stated that during interrogation, Mutari confessed to attacking and stabbing the deceased before making away with his valuables.
He named his accomplices as Dan’Asabe Ibrahim, from Zamfara State, and Danjuma Ibrahim, both of no fixed addresses in Mpape, with whom he carried out the crime.
The suspect further disclosed that he took the stolen phone to Kano, kept it switched off for a year, and only powered it on in August 2025 to wipe data, insert his SIM card, and returned to Abuja.
The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Ajao S. Adewale has commended the diligence, resilience, and professionalism of the officers who ensured that justice prevailed despite the passage of time.
He warned all criminal elements within the FCT to repent or relocate as “the long arm of the law, which is patient, persistent, and resolute will definitely catch up with them.”
(Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie)
