The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested the principal suspect linked to the brutal murder of one Rilwanu Dauda in Karofin Madaki area of the state, three months after the crime.
In a press release on October 6, 2026, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, said the suspect, Abdulrazak Sale alias “Abba Sale Police”, 24, was arrested on October 5, exactly three months after the incident.
According to the police, on July 5, 2026, at about 9:30am, Rilwanu Dauda, 46, of Karofi was attacked and fatally stabbed with a knife by Abdulrazak Sale and his gang members.
The victim was rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, ATBUTH, Bauchi, where he was certified dead by a medical doctor at about 11:00am same day.
The Command said it sustained unrelenting efforts and placed the fleeing suspects on its watchlist after the murder.
“It will be recalled that the suspects had previously been linked to a politically-motivated murder in the same area before disappearing,” the statement said.
Acting on credible intelligence from a Good Samaritan, operatives attached to ‘A’ Division, Township, swung into action and arrested the principal suspect, Abdulrazak Sale Kundang.
The police said effort is being intensified to arrest the remaining accomplices who are currently at large.
Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Command, CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu, commended the operatives for their professionalism and resilience, warning that no criminal will have a hiding place in Bauchi State.
He directed that the case be thoroughly investigated and charged to court.
