officer in charge of the Kaduna Armory, has killed himself
days after he was paraded with two others for stealing and
selling police weapons to criminals and rich people in the
state. He was paraded this past Monday October 27th
DSP Audu, an officer who had served in the police force for
30 years and was due to retire in five years, shot himself in
the stomach around 5.40am today October 31st inside his
detention cell at the police headquarters in Kaduna, it was
announced on radio today. The state police commissioner
Umar Shehu confirmed the incident.
According to the state police commissioner Umar Shehu,
the three men were arrested on October 20th as they tried
to leave with 11 rifles that had been provided by DSP Audu
from the state armory.
A search on them by other suspicious police officers
revealed the stolen armory and N400,000 cash. When
interrogated, Audu confessed to the crime and said he
provided the guns to the men for personal protection from
the Fulani herdsmen who were killing his people in Jos,
Plateau state.
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