A notorious
thug in Kogi State, Abubakar Abdulkarim, has told the blood-cuddling
tale of how politicians engaged him to assassinate their perceived
enemies.He also narrated how he killed his latest victim, one Farouk
Lawal, another thug who was allegedly hired by some unnamed politicians
to eliminate him.
Not only did he succeed in killing Lawal, he cut the deceased’s corpse into three, each of which was buried in three different local government areas in the state.
Abubakar who
goes by the nickname, ‘Ijaw Boy’, is also known as ‘Ijogbon’ (which
means trouble). He revealed that until he fell into the cold embrace of
the law, he had killed so many people and lost count of the number.
For years, the dreaded thug and political assassin had been a thorn in the flesh of the Kogi State Police Command.
He told shocked
newsmen that he was a master in the ‘art’ of killing, a skill he
happily put at the disposal of influential politicians in Ebiraland, who
allegedly hired him to either terrorize their opponents or summarily
kill them.
A police source told Sunday Sun that Abubakar was the brain behind most of the political killings in Ebiraland.
The road to the
end of Abubakar’s reign of terror, assassination and thuggery began in
February this year, when he allegedly killed Lawal and escaped to Port
Harcourt, Rivers State to seek refuge.
Incensed by the
dastardly act, the police launched a nationwide manhunt for Abubakar.
With excellent detective work, the police succeeded in arresting him in
Port Harcourt and giving him a hard ride back to Kogi State.
In the course
of interrogation, he recounted to the police how he killed Lawal who, he
alleged, had been hired to eliminate him by some politicians who were
uncomfortable with him being around after he claimed to have become
born-again, following a visit to The Synagogue Church of All Nations in
Lagos where he allegedly underwent deliverance therapy.
Addressing
newsmen on the breakthrough achieved by the police in the case involving
Abubakar, Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Seidu Madawaki said
the suspect led detectives to the forest where he buried the head of
Lawal.
Responding to
questions when he was paraded before journalists, Abubakar said: “Yes,
there is no denying the fact that I was the Commandant-General of all
political thugs in Ebiraland. I have been hired severally to wreak havoc
on political opponents and in doing this, with members of my gang, I
have killed so many people and I found it difficult to stay alone
without being haunted by the spirits of the dead. So, I decided to take
solace in hard drugs.
“When the then
governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris introduced the amnesty
programme in 2010-2011, I actively participated and surrendered all my
guns because the Commissioner of Police then threatened to declare me
wanted if I did not come out of hiding.
“Shortly after I
surrendered all my guns and disbanded my gang, I was watching of
Prophet T. B. Joshua on television one day when my heart was touched and
I decided to change from my bad habits. I then travelled to Lagos and
went to The Synagogue Church of All Nations, where I openly confessed my
atrocities and the cleric prayed for me and conducted deliverance on
me.
“But when I
came back home, people were still not convinced about my repentance and
confession. They suspected every of my movements and some politicians
who were not comfortable with my new faith, sent another thug (Farouk
Lawal) to kill me. He was busy trailing me. I thought it was a joke until he came to my house and killed my sister.
He later abducted my pregnant wife and was about to kill her when my boys rescued her.
“Therefore, I
decided that I had to kill the bastard for me to live my life, because
he had vowed to kill me. Killing my enemy first is not a crime.
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