Village head, others wanted over General’s disappearance, surrender to Plateau Police

Barely 24 hours after being declared wanted by the Police, three suspects yesterday voluntarily surrendered themselves to the Plateau State Police Command in Jos.

Other suspects, it is gathered, would voluntarily surrender themselves but are waiting to see the kind of treatment those who had already surrendered would get from the police.

“The three suspects voluntarily surrendered themselves to the Police. If the Police detain them, it will be difficult to get the others. But if they are granted bail, you should rest assured that they will all appear before the Police by next week,” a source said.

The suspects who surrendered to the police were the Village Head of Dura-Du District in Jos South Council, Yakubu Rapp (52); Youth Leader of the community, Matthew Rwang (aka Amesco, 27); and tipper driver, Timothy Chuwang (26).

They were said to have arrived the Police Command Headquarters in Jos by 10:00am accompanied by the lawyer to the community, Matthew Godfrey.

They were declared wanted in connection with the mysterious disappearance of the former Army Chief of Administration, Maj-Gen. Mohammed Idris Alkali (rtd).

Alkali, who was said to have disappeared in questionable circumstances, was said to have retired a few weeks before he was declared missing on Monday, September 3, 2018, a day after gunmen swooped on Dura-Du and killed about 13 persons.

About three cars were said to have been recovered from a mining pond in Dura-Du District during a cordon and search operation conducted by a team of soldiers led by the Garrison Commander of 3 Armoured Division, Brig. Gen. Umar Mohammed.

The suspects were sighted in the office of the Officer-in-Charge (Homicide Deportment) for their interrogation and investigation.

Godfrey said the community was ready to cooperate with the police in their investigation.

Rapp had, in an interview with journalists on Thursday night, promised to surrender himself because he was innocent.

He had said: “I don’t know anything about the missing Army General. On Sunday, September 2, the solders came to our Lopandyet community, started shooting and killing people.”