Tragedy struck Wednesday,the 17th of December,2025, at the MOPOL 12 headquarters of the Niger State Police Command as a Deputy Superintendent of Police DSP) shot himself to death to evade arrest of allegations of his involvement in the supply of arms and ammunition to bandits.
DSP Isah Abdullahi popularly known and calledKunkuri was the head of the armoury of the Mopol 12 headquarters of the Niger State Police located at the A’ Divisional Police Command Paiko road Minna, the Niger State headquarters.
It was gathered that trouble started for the late DSP as a team of crack detectives from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA),Abuja stormed MOPOL 12 for the usual auditing of arms and ammunition
During the auditing,it was discovered that some numbers of caches of ammunition were reportedly missing or could not be traced or accounted for.
The operatives of the NSA, were further pissed by preliminary findings revealed that a total of 13 AK- 47, over 2000 rounds of live ammunition and other assorted rifles were discovered missing.
It was reliably gathered that the Mopol 12 armoury hosted various categories of weapons, but only the AK-47 section was audited before the tragic incident.
Further findings led to the arrest of Police Inspector John Moses, attached to the Niger State Government House in Minna, who confessed upon interrogation that the late DSP supplied him with arms and ammunition for onward delivery to bandits and other hoodlums in Erena community in Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.
Erena and other communities in Shiroro Local government have been deserted as a result of incessant invasion of the communities by armed bandits which has hitherto forced the entire communities to relocate to Internal Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the last four years.
Inspector John Moses who is also an indigene of Shiroro Local government under further interrogation he confessed to have been a middle man between the late DSP Isah Abdullahi and the bandits.
Further investigation revealed that the arms and ammunition were subsequently sold to the bandits through his brother, an indigene of the area who also serves as an informant to the criminals.
It was learnt that operatives from the office of the National Security Adviser swooped on Minna and whisked away the suspects to Abuja for further investigation.
DSP Isah was later brought from Abuja and taken to the armoury for physical auditing of arms and ammunition
It was during this process that the late DSP reportedly grabbed one of the pistols in the armoury and shot himself in the head, resulting in his death instantly.
He could not be handcuffed since the armoury is electronically controlled and only the DSP had the mechanism to open it, providing him the opportunity to reach the pistol before shooting himself.
However, it was learnt that the officers who accompanied the deceased to the armoury were immediately arrested and are facing orderly room trial for alleged negligence and murder.
Also, four police officers attached to the late DSP have been arrested and are undergoing interrogation.
A special team from the office of the NSA is said to be guarding the armoury 24 hours pending a solution to its opening and closing.
Informed sources also told this reporter that the deceased DSP reportedly owned at least two houses in choice areas of Minna and a number of cars.
Speaking exclusively with this reporter in his office in Minna Thursday, the Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP,Abdullahi Adamu Elleman, confirmed the story, saying Inspector John Moses is still facing investigations in the office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja.
CP Abdullahi Adamu Elleman, giving the vivid picture of how the DSP killed himself, said the deceased “smartly brought out a pistol and shot himself when he started bringing out boxes that were supposed to contain ammunition and they were all empty.”
The police boss, however, said an autopsy would be carried out on the body of the deceased to determine the actual cause of death.
The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, in a Radio phone in program monitored by this reporter Thursday, said on 17th,December 2025 at about 2.30pm, one DSP Abdullahi Isah attached to Mopol 12 Minna was initially arrested on 15 December for being suspected to be involved in illegal dealings of ammunition.
He was subsequently taken to his office for a routine arms audit, and unfortunately while the audit process was ongoing, the said officer shot himself in the head with a pistol he picked within the office and died on the spot.
“Meanwhile, the policemen who were detailed along for the audit and investigation activities were arrested for negligence in the line of duty, to have allowed such a situation to occur,” Mr Abiodun however pointed out that further investigation is in progress.
