Bauchi Police Nab Varsity Pupil Over Alleged Theft Of Father’s Truck

The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended a 20-year-old Sadiq Abubakar, a 200-level scholar of Capital Metropolis College, Kano in reference to the theft of a truck valued at N30 million belonging to his father.

The truck was stolen from a warehouse the place it was parked at his father’s firm in Bauchi metropolis.

The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Mohammed Wakil, in a press release on Friday, stated the incident was reported on July 25, 2025, by Alhaji Rabiu Ahmad, the chief government officer of Arabab Funding Restricted.

Ahmad had knowledgeable the police that unknown people damaged into his warehouse within the Industrial Space alongside Gudum Street in Bauchi metropolis, making away with a truck with registration quantity MGU-95-ZF.

Based on the complainant, the attackers tied up the guard, a 65-year-old Luka Galadima Mahaukata of Gudun Sayawa and inflicted accidents on him earlier than fleeing with the automobile.

Following the report, detectives had been dispatched to the scene, and the injured guard taken to the hospital for therapy.

The police spokesman additional stated on July 29, 2025, the investigative workforce expanded their search to neighbouring states the place the stolen truck was sighted within the Tabarakallah Space of Kano State.

Appearing swiftly, the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Hassan Musa, led the operatives to the scene the place the truck was recovered and the driving force recognized as a 38-year-old Sabo Alhassan was arrested.

In the midst of interrogation, Alhassan confessed that he was employed to drive the truck and implicated his employer, Abubakar Shehu, a 34-year-old automotive seller from Kumbotso, Kano.

Shehu was promptly arrested and, throughout questioning he disclosed that the truck was bought from a 20-year-old Sadiq Abubakar, a 200-level scholar of Capital Metropolis College, Kano and a resident of Liman Mahmood Street, Kofar Dumi space of Bauchi metropolis.

“He (Abubakar) admitted to orchestrating the theft of his father’s tipper truck, valued at thirty million naira (₦30,000,000), and colluding with Abubakar Shehu, a automotive seller from Kano State, to execute the plan. They’re believed to have arrived in Bauchi round 10:07 p.m. desiring to steal the truck,” the assertion added.

Shehu who corroborated the assertion of the prime suspect stated he was misled by Abubakar, the organic son of the complainant, throughout a convention name with a buddy named Bash.

“The suspects claimed that they inherited the truck from their deceased father and sought to promote it,” Wakil stated.

The police spokesman stated investigation was ongoing in the case.