Police arrest driver for allegedly killing professor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSeyeGb4JdddAVAqQZKvVI70_2oeHXSU-ZGfCsKeQ3VTIjMSG32AKC6FK_lgw" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="512" height="180" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSeyeGb4JdddAVAqQZKvVI70_2oeHXSU-ZGfCsKeQ3VTIjMSG32AKC6FK_lgw" width="320" /></a></div> <h1 class="title" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 36px; line-height: 1.258; margin: 36px 0px 0px;"> <br /></h1> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify;"> A 25-year-old man has been arrested by the Gombe State Police Command for allegedly killing a university professor.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify;"> The professor was, until his death, a lecturer with the Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State, and was the boss of the suspect.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify;"> The Police Public Relations Officer in Gombe State, Obed Malum, disclosed this on Friday while parading the suspect before newsmen at the Police Headquarters in Gombe, the capital.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify;"> She said the deceased was alleged to have been robbed and killed while his car, an unspecified amount of cash, two phones and other valuables were taken away by the suspect.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify;"> She stated, “Consequent upon the receipt of the sad, bewildering and disturbing report, the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Department of Criminal Investigation led a team of detectives to visit and review the scene of the crime.</div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify;"> “Thereafter, the Commissioner of Police immediately constituted a team of professional detectives headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police to unravel the motive behind the crime, trail and arrest the perpetrators within the shortest possible time.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> </div> <div class="amp-wp-inline-9ebb7490943b27acf21bc3342b5bd50d" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify;"> “The team was empowered and they immediately swung into action and the driver was arrested.</div>

Police arrest driver for allegedly killing professor

A 25-year-old man has been arrested by the Gombe State Police Command for allegedly killing a university professor. The professor was...

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