FCT Police Command Arrests Three Suspects Over Murder Of Barrister Chigbo
By Victor Idajili
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has recorded a breakthrough in its sustained fight against violent crime with the arrest of three notorious armed robbery suspects involved in “one-chance” criminal operations and the gruesome murder of a legal professional, Barrister Chigbo Princess Nwamaka Mediatrix.
The arrest followed clear directives issued by the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Miller Dantawaye, to ensure that all perpetrators connected to the murder of the victim and other similar crimes within the FCT were swiftly identified and brought to justice.
Between 5th and 10th January, 2026, operatives of the Command’s Scorpion Squad, led by ACP Victor Ogbeide Godfrey, acting on reconstructive digital intelligence, tracked the victim’s mobile phone and conducted follow-up operations at Dei-Dei, Dakwa, and Dan-Tata communities within Kubwa Area of the FCT.
A statement issued by SP, Josephine Adeh, the Police Public Relations Officer,
FCT Police Command, said the intelligence-led operations led to the arrest of the suspects.
The suspects include Saifullahi Yusuf (Male, 22 years) – from Kaduna State, resident at Dan-Tata Community, Dei-Dei, Abuja.
It also includes Ishau Yusuf (Male, 24 years) – from , Kaduna State, resident at Dan-Tata Community, Dei-Dei, Abuja.
The third is Minka’ilu Jibril, also known as Dan-Hajia – from, Kaduna State.
The first and second suspects are biological brothers.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects are members of a notorious “one-chance” armed robbery syndicate that has been operating on and off within the FCT for several years, particularly during festive periods.
Further investigations revealed that on 5th January, 2026, about 5:50 p.m., Barr. Princess Chigbo unknowingly boarded their black Volkswagen Golf 3 vehicle on the Kubwa Expressway, unaware that the occupants were criminals.
Upon entry into the vehicle, the suspects wound up the tinted windows and threatened the victim with weapons in an attempt to force her to pay ransom for her own release.
When she allegedly refused to cooperate, she was physically assaulted and pushed out of the moving vehicle on the Kubwa Expressway, resulting in her death.
The suspects further admitted to dispossessing the victim of her Android mobile phone, which was later sold at Dei-Dei for the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira (₦120,000).
During the arrest, exhibits recovered from the suspects include: five scissors, two sharp dagger knives, two knives, one long chain used for restraining victims as well as a plier
The items are believed to have been used in the commission of their criminal activities.
