By Abimbola Ogunnaike
A 26 -year-old man, Nuhu Mohammed arrested alongside Sani Usman, 22, of Izom town, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State has confessed to the police why they killed a 14-year-old secondary school student identified as Ubaida Surajo.
In his confession, Mohammed said the deceased mother in the early hours of the day of the incident, accused him of stealing her N90,000 saying that the accusation got him angry, and he decided to kill the girl.
He stated that he thus invited his friend, the second suspect, to partake in the heinous crime.
The state Police Public Relations Officer Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the arrest of the two suspects in a statement on Friday, 16 June, 2023.
According to him, the young girl was killed at her parents’ residence in Izom, Gurara LGA on June 5, 2023 when her mother was away to Izom Market.
He confirmed that one of the suspects, Nuhu, who was a tenant in the same house confessed during the police interrogation that in the early hours of the same day, the deceased mother accused him of stealing her N90,000 saying that the accusation got him angry, and he decided to kill the girl.
The police image-maker further said the suspect explained that he invited his friend, Sani, to the house to assist him and they both attacked the girl when she returned from school by strangling her to death.
The suspects reportedly left the scene and locked the house gate from outside only for the mother to come back from the market and found the victim lifeless.
Abiodun said six knives, two cutlasses, a digger and a suspected blood-stained shirt belonging to Nuhu were discovered when police searched his room.
