Two arrested as Police bust assassination plot in Niger

The Niger State Police Command has apprehended two suspects, Muhammad Mohammed and Mohammed Usman, for their alleged involvement in an assassination plot.

The duo were nabbed by the police on their way to Butu village of Bosso LGA to collect the sum of N100,000 from one Dogo, who allegedly contracted them to carry out the assassination.

The Police Command in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, in Minna, said the two were intercepted on August 23, 2025.


Abiodun said the suspects reportedly confessed to being hired by the said Dogo to kill a man who married his ex-wife.

The police spokesman said, “On 23/8/2025 at about 12:45 am, police patrol team with vigilante members stationed at Railway Crossing, Beji, Maikunkele area of Bosso LGA, intercepted two persons, namely Muhammad Mohammed, 40, and Mohammed Usman 35, both of Beji.

“During interrogation both suspects confessed that they were hired by one Dogo of Beji to assassinate a person around railway crossing area in the area, and they were on their way to collect the service charge of N100,000 from Dogo before being arrested.”

The police spokesman explained that the suspects further claimed that Dogo initially gave them the sum of N13,000 as transport fee, while they charged him N100, 000 for the ‘job’.

Abiodun further disclosed that the suspects insisted that they would collect the money before carrying out the task.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that Dogo intended to kill the fellow because he married his ex-wife,” the police further disclosed.

Items recovered from them include a locally made pistol and live ammunition.

The suspects were taken into police custody in Maikunkele Division for preliminary investigation and were later transferred to SCID for discreet investigation and prosecution.

Meanwhile, efforts to apprehend the said Dogo, the alleged mastermind, have intensified.