The police in Niger State say two suspects have been arrested for allegedly killing one Ubaida Surajo, in Izom, Gurara Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects are Nuhu Mohammed, 26, and Sani Usman, 22, both of Izom town.
They reportedly murdered Ubaida, 14, on 4th of june, in her parents’ residence after returning from school when no member of the family was at home.
It’s gathered that Nuhu, a tenant in the same residence with the parents of the deceased, carried out the heinous act in connivance with his friend Sani.
The attack and subsequent death of the deceased, it was also gathered, was not unconnected to the earlier altercation between the deceased’s mother and Nuhu in the compound after she accused him of stealing her N90,000.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident.
He said the operatives attached to the Division swung into action after receiving the news of the incident on June 5, commenced a preliminary investigation and arrested the suspects the next day, 6 June 2023 at a tea joint in Izom.
He explained that during interrogation, Nuhu confessed to having committed the crime with his friend because the girl’s mother accused him of stealing.
“Nuhu claimed that they injured the girl on the head and strangulated her to death and immediately left the scene, locked the house gate from outside and went away until when the mother came back from the market before the incident was discovered,” Abiodun said.
Abiodun added that in the course of the investigation, some exhibits were recovered, which include six knives, two cutlasses, a digger, a suspected blood-stained shirt belonging to Nuhu as well as some other pieces of clothes
The suspects have also been transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation, and they will be arraigned in court for prosecution as soon as the investigation is concluded.