Seven arraigned for ‘killing’ policeman in Borno

The Borno State Police Command says seven persons suspected to be involved in the killing of a policeman have been arraigned in Maiduguri.

A policeman, Babagana Mala, attached to the CRACK unit of the command, was beaten to death by a suspected gang of notorious criminals on July 23.

Speaking at a press conference in Maiduguri on Monday, Borno State Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Mohammad Lawan, said that seven suspects were arrested, investigated and later charged to court.

He said a video clip of the incident from a good Samaritan helped the undercover police of the command to identify and arrest the suspects.

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“We have good Samaritans who videoed the incident when the constable was being assaulted. It’s the video we used to identify, fish out and made a good number of arrest and they are all being charged to court,” he said.

The CP said that the principal suspect and six others, including a lady were among the suspects currently in court.

“It’s a capital offence, it went through legal advice, it’s felonious and triable in the high court,” he said.