Police arrest suspected murderer after three-month manhunt

Bauchi State Police Commissioner, Sani-Omolori Aliyu. Photo: Bauchi State Police Command.

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a principal suspect linked to a case of criminal conspiracy and murder in Karofin Madaki, Bauchi metropolis, after three months in hiding.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday.

Habib said operatives attached to the ‘A’ Division, Township, arrested the suspect, Abdulrazak Sale Kundang, 24, also known as “Abba Sale Police”, on Monday, October 5, 2026, following credible intelligence from a Good Samaritan.

He recalled that on July 5, 2026, at about 9:30 am, one Rilwanu Dauda, 46, of Karofi, was allegedly attacked and fatally stabbed with a knife by Sale and his gang members.

“The victim was rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, where he was certified dead by a medical doctor at about 1100hrs of the same day,” the PPRO stated.

According to him, following the incident, the command sustained efforts to apprehend the fleeing suspects and placed them on its watchlist.

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He added that the suspects had previously been linked to a politically motivated murder in the same area before disappearing.

Habib said, “Acting on credible intelligence from a Good Samaritan, operatives attached to ‘A’ Division, Township, swung into action and on 5th October, 2026, exactly three months after the heinous crime, successfully arrested the principal suspect, Abdulrazak Sale Kundang.”

He stated that efforts were being intensified to arrest the remaining accomplices, who were still at large.

The PPRO further quoted the Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Command, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, as commending the operatives for their professionalism and resilience.

The commissioner warned that “no criminal will have a hiding place in Bauchi State.”

He also directed that the case be thoroughly investigated and the suspect charged to court.