The Bauchi State Police Command has announced the arrest of a 300-level Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University student for having a revolver weapon and a cartridge.
According to the police command, Atim Emmanuel was arrested while exiting the university grounds on Friday, December 15. The 23-year-old admitted to renting the handgun for two academic sessions.
Emmanuel also allegedly said that when he was attacked, he utilised the locally-made pistol for protection and security.
The statement read; “The Bauchi State Police Command in its efforts to mop up criminal elements around the students’ communities across the state, arrested one Atim Emmanuel, male (23), of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi in possession of firearm and cartridge.
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“The 23-year-old student was arrested on December 11, 2023, with a locally made revolver pistol and a cartridge while coming out of the university campus.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he got the firearm from one Zadog ‘m’ who leased it to him for two academic semesters at the rate of N12,000.00.
“He further stated that he acquired the firearm for his protection and security from criminals when attacked.”
Auwal Musa, the state Commissioner of Police, has requested that the suspect be handed to the State Criminal Inquiry Department for a quiet inquiry “to unravel more circumstances behind his motives for acquiring the firearm and to determine whether he has killed anyone with it.”
