Police arraign 11 suspects over the murder of Arise TV journalist, security guard
The Nigeria Police on Wednesday arraigned eleven suspects linked to the murder of Arise News journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, and a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, before a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, court.
The FCT Police Command confirmed the arraignment in a statement on Wednesday, stating that the suspects were charged with criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, and murder.
DAILY POST recalls that Maduagwu, an anchor, reporter, and producer with Arise News, was killed alongside Danlami during a robbery attack at Unique Apartments, Katampe Extension, Mabushi, Abuja, on September 29, 2025.
The suspects arraigned include Shamsu Hassan, Sani Sirajo, Hassan Isah, Abubakar Alkamu, Abdulsalam Saleh, Suleiman Badamasi, Zaharadeen Mohammed, Musa Umar (aka “Small”), Mashkur Jamil, Suleiman Sani, and Abubakar Usman.
The statement partly read, “The suspects were arraigned on a nine-count charge, including criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, and murder.”
The 29-year-old journalist died in the early hours of September 29, 2025, when armed robbers stormed the three-storey apartment complex around 3:30 am, moving from flat to flat and dispossessing residents of their belongings.
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