The Niger State Police Command has arrested six suspects for allegedly
killing of a fuel tanker driver, identified as Goni Mustapha, of the AGM
Petroleum Nigeria Limited, #Suleja.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Abubakar, confirmed the development in Minna on Tuesday. .

It
was learnt that the deceased was on his way from Lagos to deliver
60,000 litres of petroleum product to a location in Suleja, when one of
his colleagues led five other assailants to strangle him.

Mustapha’s corpse was found lying along the Maje-Dikko Road in the Tunga Shanu area of Suleja.
It
was gathered that a colleague of the deceased, Goni Tijani, 27,
stationed five of the suspects on the route to carry out the act and
divert the tanker to an unknown destination.

Tijani’s accomplices
were named as Bashir Alhassan, 25, of Dan-Jibja in Zamfara State;
Samaila Umar, 21, of the Wurno Local Government Area, Sokoto State;
Abdulkadir Muktari, 21, of Dayi village, Malumfashi in Katsina State;
Isah Sani of Ikorodu Garage, Lagos State; and Yusuf Muktari of
Birnin-Magaji in #Zamfara State. .

Northern City News gathered
that the suspects were trailed and arrested by a team of policemen
attached to the ‘A’ Division, Suleja, while they were trying to escape
with the fuel-laden tanker.
In an interview with punch correspondent,
the prime suspect, Tijani said, “The victim was my colleague in the
same company, but I needed money to sort out my domestic problems, that
was why we did what we did.” .

The police apprehended the
suspects at Gada-Biyu village on the Abuja-Lokoja Expressway, while they
were trying to sell the product. The tanker has since been recovered
and the suspects are due to appear in court soon.