Police arrest 17 suspected killers of two NDU graduates

Among those arrested were four suspected cyber fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo-boys’ for allegedly sponsoring the killing of the two students.

A police source who spoke anonymously informed our correspondent that the arrest of the suspected killer cultists was effected following the stop and search mounted on the road by the vigilant men of the Rapid Response Squad, headed by a Chief Superintendent of Police.

It was gathered that upon receiving the police radio alert of the incident, which occurred at Gbarantoru area, off Amassoma road, the RRS squad mounted a stop and search on the road and was rewarded when a Suzuki minibus was stopped.

“We saw over 13 boys cramped inside with blood stains on few of them. And machetes stained with blood. The Police immediately suspected they were the ones that carried out the killing.”

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Upon questioning, the Police discovered they had gone to the crime scene in two minibuses. One developed a fault while they were escaping, so they decided to abandon it and use one minibus,” the source said.

When contacted about the development, the Spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Musa Mohammed, confirmed that some arrests were made by the men of the Rapid Response Squad, and the level of involvement of each suspect is under investigation.

“Yes, some major arrest have been made and the command is investigating,” he said.

Recall that the two varsity graduates were reportedly killed by suspected cultists at Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa council last Friday.

Police arrest 17 suspected killers of two NDU graduates