Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested a member of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Shuaibu Dass who offered N1.5m bribe.
Dass, according to the command, had attempted to secure the release of Abdul Kareem Ahmed, a strong member and financier of the IMN, popularly known as Shi’ite with the said amount, on September 5.
Paraded on Monday, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, said Ahmed was arrested by the operatives of the State Intelligence Department in connection with the murder of two police officers during their procession.
Recall that two officers were gruesomely murdered on August 25 during a religious procession in the FCT by the group. The command had subsequently arrested 97 Shi’ite members in connection with the incident.
Igweh said, “On September 5 one Alhaji Shuaibu Dass of Durumi 1, a known member of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (Shiite Sect), approached operatives of FCT Police command offering them the sum of N1,500,000 in an attempt to procure the release of one Abdul Kareem Ahmed, a strong member and financer of the Shiite Sect who was arrested by operatives of the State Intelligence Department in an operation led by ACP Mohammed Baba on the 25/08/2024.
“Both suspects are linked to the murder of two police officers and causing grievous hurt to three others who were posted to Wuse market junction on August 25, 2024.
“Both suspects are currently in custody undergoing interrogation and will be charged to court after investigations.”