Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested a man, Alhaji Shuaibu Shugaba Dass, suspected to be a member of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) known as Shi'ites for allegedly attempting to bribe police officers with a sum of N1.5 million cash in order to secure the release of one of its members, Abdulkareem Ahmed, who is in custody.

CP Benneth Igweh, FCT Police Commissioner, who was speaking with newsmen while parading the suspect at the command in Abuja, on Monday, said the suspect, who resides at Durumi 1 of Abuja, was arrested on September, 5, 2024 around 2pm.

He said the suspect had approached its operatives with the said money to secure the release of the suspect, whom he said is one of the strong members and financiers of the proscribed Shi'ites sect in the FCT.

According to him, the suspect was arrested by operatives of the State Intelligence Department during an operation led by ACP Mohammed Suleiman Baba.

He said both suspects were linked to the murder of two police officers, late ASP Innocent Agabi and late Inspector Alexander Odey, in which three other officers were injured during an attack by the Shi'ites members at Wuse market junction, in Abuja on Sunday, August, 25, 2024.

The police commissioner, who said both suspects are currently in custody undergoing interrogation, added that they would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigations.

He, therefore, reassured members of the public of the command's commitment to defeat crime in all its forms across the territory.