Police arrest two security guards for alleged stealing of Bauchi Govt vehicle

By Rauf Oyewole 

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two security guards over alleged stealing of Bauchi State Government L-Press vehicle.

A statement by the Command's newly posted Spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, on Monday said that the incident was reported on December 12, 2025, at about 9:a.m by Ibrahim Markus of Wuntin Dada, Bauchi, a Private Security Supervisor with Royal Security Guard Limited. He added that the case was reported at B Division Police Headquarters, Bauchi, alleging the theft of an official vehicle belonging to a government organisation was stolen.

According to the report, the complainant stated that on 11 December, 2025, at about 9:30 p.m., he received a distress call from the Coordinator of Bauchi L-PRES Government Organisation, informing him that two private security guards posted to the organisation’s premises along Adamu Jumba Road, GRA, Bauchi, had allegedly conspired and made away with one of the organisation’s official vehicles.

The suspects were later identified as Yarda John, 19, of GRA, Bauchi, and Jessy Danjuma, 19, of State Low-Cost, Bauchi. The stolen vehicle, a white Toyota Hilux, bearing registration number 03B-04 BA, belonged to L-Press. 

Operatives of the Police Command recovered the stolen vehicle at Bauchi Club, GRA, and arrested the two suspects in connection with the crime.

He said that the investigation is ongoing, and the suspects would be charged to court upon the conclusion of the investigation.