A 29-year-old classroom teacher simply identified as Laminu Saminu of Bakin Kasuwa Quarters in Mani Local Government Area of Katsina State has been arrested by the State Police Command.
Saminu, a suspected killer friend of one ASC II Sanusi Bawa, an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Katsina State Command, is also a final year degree coursemate of the deceased at the Federal College of Education, (FCE), Katsina.
Parading the suspect before the Command Headquarters, Katsina on Tuesday, the Police Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah stated that the suspect was arrested on December 1st, 2022 at about 1300hrs.
He explained that nemesis caught up with the suspect when he lured the deceased into an unoccupied building in Mani Local Government Area of the State on November 26th, 2022 at about 1400hrs.
The suspect, according to the Police Spokesman, also deceived the deceased to park his motor vehicle Golf Saloon, green in colour with registration number AA 266 KUF inside a garage in the house and served him a poisoned Fura da Nono drink which led the deceased to become unconscious.
The suspect, consequently, got heavy firewood and hit the victim severally on the head until he died and threw the corpse inside a well in the house and covered it with sand, all with the intent of robbing the deceased of his motor vehicle.
“In the course of an investigation, the suspect made a mistake and called the wife of the deceased by phone that he needs the vehicle’s documents of the deceased.
“He was subsequently traced and arrested and confessed to the commission of the offence.
“A pack of rat poison, heavy firewood and a vehicle, a Volkswagen Golf, Saloon, green in colour, with registration number AA 266 KUF, belonging to the deceased was found in the possession of the suspect. An investigation is ongoing,” he added.
In an interview, the suspect who confessed to the commission of the crime said his intention was to own the deceased vehicle valued at about two million Naira.
