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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