Police arrest 3 suspects over murder of Bolt Driver in Abuja

<p>The CP said the suspects had called the victim on phone with a threat to kidnap him, adding that the suspects would be charged to court while concluding the investigation.</p>, <span>Police arrest 3 suspects over murder of Bolt Driver in Abuja.</span>, <h2>The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of a Bolt Driver, Obasi Okeke in Abuja.</h2>, <p>The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Haruna Garba, said this on Thursday at a news conference in Abuja.</p>, <p>Garba said the suspects were arrested following a report over the discovery of the victim, lying in his pool of blood with a slit throat at Ngugu close Area 11, Garki Abuja.</p>, <p>He said investigation to ascertain the author of the dastardly act led to the arrest of the three suspects.</p>, <p>The CP said that in the course of investigation, the police discovered that the deceased was a bolt driver who was called by one of the suspect to convey them to Guzape Area of Abuja.</p>, <p>He said the suspects had engaged the bolt driver to the area to buy Indian hemp.</p>, <p>“Back from Guzape, to their take-off point, they discovered they had no money to pay for their trip.</p>, <p>“They showed the deceased a fake debit alert on one of their phones but the deceased insisted that he had not received any alert.</p>, <p>“In the ensuing argument, one of the suspects brought out a knife, slit the deceased throat and fled from the scene,” CP said.</p>, <p>He said the three suspects who had confessed to committing the crime would be charged to court upon completion of investigation.</p>, <p>Also, the CP said the command had arrested a scavenger over alleged abduction of a three-year-old boy in Nyanya area of Abuja.</p>, <p>He said the suspect was arrested on July 13 by police operatives from Nyanya Divisional Headquarters following actionable intelligence.</p>, <p>“The suspect had lured the boy and when he was going with him with the full complements of his scavenging materials,