Killers of Miss Grace Godwin, a fuel-pump attendant at a gas station in Abuja have been arrested.
The 23-year-old, a victim of a ‘one chance robbery’ met her death on July 11, 2025, when she boarded a commercial vehicle operated by the criminal gang while returning home from work.
A day later, she was discovered dead along Iya Abubakar Street, Life Camp.
A statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer for the FCT Command, SP Josephine Adeh, brought the arrest of the lady’s killers into public view.
It gave the suspects’ names as Kabiru Abdullahi (25) and Solomon Tanko (35).
“On July 12, 2025, the command received a distress report that the unconscious body of a young woman was discovered by the roadside along Iya Abubakar Street, Life Camp.
“Police operatives swiftly responded to the scene, and the victim, later identified as Miss Grace Godwin, was evacuated to the hospital, where she was sadly confirmed dead by a medical doctor on duty.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased, who worked as a fuel-pump attendant, had closed from work on July 11, 2025, and unknowingly boarded a vehicle operated by a ‘one chance’ robbery syndicate.
“With the aid of digital reconstructive intelligence, operatives traced and arrested two members of the gang, identified as Kabiru Abdullahi, male, 25 years old, and Solomon Tanko, male, 35 years old,” the statement said.
The narrative said further that the victim recognised some of the gang members, who lived in the same Dape community as her.
According to the communication, in an attempt to silence her during the robbery, Abdullahi allegedly strangled her with a plastic nylon bag after she bit his finger while trying to defend herself.
“Further investigations revealed that during the robbery, the victim recognised some of the gang members, who were residents of the same Dape community where she lived.
“In a struggle that ensued, Kabiru Abdullahi strangled her with a plastic nylon bag after she bit his finger in self-defence.
“Exhibits recovered from the suspects include one golden-coloured Toyota Camry (popularly known as ‘Pencil Light’) and plastic nylon bags used in committing the crime,” the statement added, saying that efforts were ongoing to arrest other fleeing members of the syndicate.
