The wanted District Head of Dura-Du in Jos south local government area of Plateau State, Yakubu Rap has submitted himself to the police on Friday, it has been gathered.
The Police Command had on Wednesday declared the district head and seven others wanted in connection with the disappearance of the former Chief of Administration, Army Headquarters, Major General Idris Alkali.
The announcement came exactly one week after the Nigerian Army handed over 13 suspects to the police said to be associated with his disappearance of the retired senior military officer for further investigation and possible prosecution.
On Friday the Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tyopev Terna stated in a text message that, “the Plateau State Police Command’s decision to declare some people wanted in respect to the case of the mysterious disappearance of Major. General IM Alkali (rtd) has started yielding results.”
It stated that “one of the persons declared wanted Da Yakubu Rap the District Head reported to the Plateau State Police Command headquarters Jos this morning and he is undergoing interrogation.”
The Nigerian Army on Friday revealed that the remains of the immediate past Chief of Administration, Army Headquarters, Major General Idris Alkali (rtd.) was recently exhumed from a shallow grave by certain members of the Dura-Du community and moved to a secret location.
The Army said this was done with the help of a specialist soon after Alkali’s black Toyota Corolla vehicle with registration number Kwara MUN 670 AA was recovered from an old mining pond in Dura-Du, Jos south local government area of Plateau State on September 29.
The General Officer Commanding 3 Armoured Division, Maxwell Kobe Cantonment in Rukuba, near Jos, Major General Benson Akinroluyo told journalists in a press conference that the specialist who aided in the exhumation of the corpse has been arrested and was giving vital information.
