How police arrested killers of Arise TV Anchor, Sommie Maduagwu – Witness tells court

The proceedings of the eleven accused persons linked to the execution of Arise News writer and anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, during a robbery astatine her apartment, continued connected Tuesday, with the 3rd prosecution witnesser giving details of however arrests were made.

An Assistant Superintendent of Police and subordinate of the Scorpion Squad, CID FCT Command, Mr Maxwell Eje, astatine Tuesday’s proceedings, told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory that the apprehension of the accused persons began with Shamsu Hassan.

He said that the constabulary discovered connected September 30 that Hassan had fled to Zaria aft the robbery astatine Unique Apartments successful Katampe a time earlier, during which Miss Maduagwu jumped to her decease from her three-storey apartment.

ASP Eje informed the tribunal that Shamsu Hassan admitted to the transgression and agreed to cooperate with the authorities to disclose the hideouts of others.

Hassan mentioned 1 Sani Surajo, who was receiving attraction astatine an unnamed infirmary successful Gosa, a suburb on the Airport Road successful Abuja.

“Surajo was shocked astatine the show of the information operatives of the Scorpion Squad astatine the infirmary wherever helium was receiving treatment,” the witnesser said.