Operatives of the Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested Hamim Auwalu, 26, and Ashiru Muhammad, 24, on the alleged homicide of a sufferer recognized as Tahir Adamu Hassan of Gida Dubu Yadi, Dutse LGA, Jigawa State.
The spokesman of the command, ASC Badaruddeen Muhammad, confirmed the incident in an announcement issued to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital.
He stated their arrest was prompted by a criticism lodged by the daddy of the sufferer, who reported on the NSCDC Divisional Workplace, Dutse, that on Saturday, March 2, 2024, his son Tahir left residence however didn’t return. Nonetheless, earlier than leaving residence, he advised his mom that he was going to his good friend’s store to do some carpentry work for him.
Thereafter, all efforts to achieve him through his cellphone proved abortive, because the cellphone was switched off.
Upon receipt of the data, NSCDC personnel swung into motion, tracked down the buddies who known as him and introduced them to the command for interrogation.
He stated that upon interrogation, the suspects confessed to having killed their good friend.
In line with their confession, they meant to kidnap him and call his household for ransom after realizing that his retired father had acquired his retirement advantages.
Nonetheless, they took him to a Pure Water Manufacturing unit (MJ Namaliya) on the identical handle, however later they realised their mistake and determined to kill him to keep away from being arrested afterwards. They allegedly used an axe and stones to kill him and thereafter buried his stays within the desk water manufacturing unit.
Subsequently, on March 6, 2024, the NSCDC investigation workforce, drawn from the Intelligence and Investigation and Medical items, in addition to medical personnel from Rasheed Shekoni Instructing Hospital Dutse and the kin of the sufferer, went to the crime scene, the place the physique was exhumed.
However earlier than the physique was handed over to the household for burial, it was taken to Rasheed Shekoni Instructing Hospital Dutse for full-scale medical examinations to determine the true explanation for his demise.
The suspects have been arraigned in court docket for prosecution.
