Full List: Police Arrest Suspects Over Death Of Arise TV Staff, As One Of The Suspects Says ‘I Tried To Stop Somtochukwu From Jumping To Her Death’

…….Says we shared N200,000 each
The FCT Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 12 suspected armed robbers linked to the attack that claimed the lives of Arise News staff member Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu and a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, at Unique Apartment, Gishiri village, Katampe District, Abuja.

Operatives of the Scorpion Squad, led by ACP Victor Godfrey, carried out the arrests following actionable digital and reconstructive intelligence provided by Giga Forensics, a subsidiary of EIB Stratoc.

The 12 suspects were identified as;

• Shamsudeen Hassan, Malumfashi LGA, Katsina State
• Hassan Isah, 22, Zaria, Kaduna State
• Abubakar Alkamu (alias Abba), 27, Musawa LGA, Katsina State
• Sani Sirajo (alias Dan Borume), 20, Malumfashi LGA, Katsina State
• Mashkur Jamilu (alias Abba), 28, Igabi LGA, Kaduna State
• Suleiman Badamasi (alias Dan-Sule), 21, Malumfashi LGA, Katsina State
• Abdul Salam Saleh (alias Na-durudu), Katsina LGA, Katsina State
• Zaharadeen Muhammad (alias Gwaska), 23, Chikun LGA, Kaduna State
• Musa Adamu (alias Musa Hassan), 30, Malumfashi LGA, Katsina State
• Sumayya Mohammed (alias Baby), 27, Saminaka LGA, Kaduna State
• Isah Abdulrahman (alias Abbati), 25, Zaria LGA, Kaduna State
• Musa Umar (alias Small), 31, Maiduguri LGA, Borno State

Recall that the robbery occurred on September 29, 2025, at about 3:30 a.m. when the gang invaded the apartment.

During interrogation, one of the suspects, Shamsudeen Hassan, confessed to shooting the security guard, Barnabas Danlami, when he attempted to stop them from gaining access.

Another suspect, Sani Sirajo, admitted to trying to hold Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu from falling off the three-storey building, but said he was unable to because of her weight.

Hassan further confessed that he drove the white Honda CR-V out of the apartment after the operation.

The suspects disclosed that they each received N200,000 from the proceeds of the crime.

The operatives recovered a fabricated AK-47 rifle, 36 rounds of live ammunition, one pump-action gun, one locally made pistol, two live cartridges, four mobile phones belonging to the victims, two knives, a cutlass, and nine torch lights used in the operation.

Police noted that shortly after the robbery, four of the suspects, including Hassan, Alkamu, and Sirajo, were apprehended through the tracking of stolen phones.

On October 8, 2025, acting on further digital intelligence, the remaining suspects were intercepted while en route to another planned armed robbery operation in Maitama, Abuja.

All suspects have confessed to the crimes, and investigations are ongoing to apprehend other fleeing members of the gang.