The Gombe State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old informal employee, Shuaibu Adamu, in reference to the killing of a fellow employee recognized as Malam Umar on the Gombe Authorities Home.
In an announcement, Police spokesman within the State, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, stated the incident which occurred on Friday, December 26, 2025, inside the Authorities Home premises, concerned two informal employees members.
Based on the police, the Command acquired a misery name at about 3:50 p.m. reporting {that a} male grownup recognized as Mallam Umar, also referred to as “Baba Usama,” had been discovered unresponsive.
He defined that operatives had been instantly deployed to the scene, and the sufferer, who was stated to be a borehole operator hooked up to the Authorities Home, was rushed to the Specialist Hospital, Gombe, the place he was confirmed lifeless by a medical physician.
Abdullahi stated preliminary findings prompt the dying was suspicious, prompting the Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Ahmed Chuso to go to the scene the place he ordered a complete investigation.
The police spokesman defined {that a} evaluate of CCTV footage inside the Authorities Home confirmed that the deceased had been assaulted shortly earlier than his dying by one other informal employee, Adamu.
He stated additional investigation recognized the suspect as Adamu, popularly often known as Yaya Mama, hooked up to a development firm working inside the Authorities Home.
Police stated the suspect fled instantly after the incident however he was tracked and arrested later that evening in a coordinated operation.
The Spokesperson stated the suspect was apprehended at about 11 p.m. at his hideout in Bagadaza Quarters, Gombe, disclosing that he confessed to the crime throughout preliminary interrogation.
The stays of the deceased have been deposited on the hospital mortuary for post-mortem, whereas the suspect remained in police custody as investigations proceed.
