Twelve persons have been arrested in connection with the death of an Arise News staff member, Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, and a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, during a robbery attack in Abuja.
Somtochukwu had reportedly jumped to death from Unique Apartment third storey at Katampe district in Mabushi, where she lived while trying to escape from robbers who stormed the building for a robbery operation.
The circumstances surrounding her death was confirmed by one of the twelve suspects, Sani Sirajo, according to a statement attributed to the police by Arise TV via a post on its website on Thursday, in which it broke the apprehension of the robbers.
It gave the name of the suspects as: Shamsudeen Hassan, Hassan Isah, Abubakar Alkamu (also known as Abba), Sani Sirajo (also known as Dan Borume), Mashkur Jamilu, Suleiman Badamasi (also known as Dan-Sule), Abdul Salam Saleh, Zaharadeen Muhammad, Musa Adamu, Sumayya Mohammed, Isah Abdulrahman, and Musa Umar.
“It is important to note that shortly after the robbery incident that took place 29/09/2025 at about 0330hrs at unique apartment, Katampe district, Mabushi, which tragically led to the deaths of Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu and Barnabas Danlami, four (4) of the suspects, Shamsudeen Hassan, Alkamu, Sirajo and one other person were apprehended through the tracking of phones stollen from the apartment during the robbery (Tracking and intercept service provided by us),” the statement read.
It added that in the course of interrogation, Hassan confessed to shooting the security guard while attempting to gain entry, while Sirajo claimed he tried to stop Maduagwu from falling off the building during the attack.
