Kano State Police Command has arrested Sadiq Zubairu, who allegedly lured and killed Bello Bukar Adam, a staff member of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO).
According to the command, Spokesman SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa made this known in a statement made available to the press in Kano
The statement reads, ’’ On May 5, 2024, at about 10:00 am, a report was received from a resident of Zawaciki Quarters in Kumbotso LGA, Kano State, that his elder brother, Bello Bukar Adam, a KEDCO staff member, aged 45 years old, ‘m’, of Zawaciki Housing Estate, Kano, had left his home with his Toyota Corolla Motor Vehicle, Ash in Colour, since May 4, 2024, and his whereabouts are unknown.
However, the statement added that ‘’On the evening of the same date, there was a report that the deceased body of a male adult has been discovered abandoned at the outskirts of Western Bypass, around Bechi Village in Kumbotso LGA, Kano State. The body was removed from the scene by a team of crime-scene Policemen led by Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Kumbotso Division, SP Mustafa Abubakar, who brought the corpse to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, where a Medical Doctor certified the body dead.’’
It stated that “on the developments, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, FIPMA, psc, raised the issue with the headquarters team of detectives led by the Officer in Charge (O/C), Anti-Kidnapping Squad, SP Aliyu Mohammed Auwal, and directed that the suspect(s) be trailed and arrested within 24 hours.’’
The statement said the team immediately swung into action and arrested one Sadiq Zubairu, aged 35 years old, ‘m’, of Hotoron Arewa Quarters, Nassarawa LGA, on May 6, 2024, at 9:00 am.
However, during preliminary investigations, the suspect confessed that he conspired with two others and jointly lured the victim to his house, who, until his death, were intimate friends. He narrated that he tied him up and hit him with sticks and a sharp iron on his head and other parts of his body until he became motionless.
After the incident, he loaded the motionless body inside the boot of the deceased motor vehicle, threw him off by the roadside along the Eastern Bypass, around Bechi Village, and left away with the motor vehicle, a Toyota Corolla, a 2015 model, and his mobile phone.
‘’The suspect further confessed that what led to this regrettable incident was after he deceitfully collected the sum of three million naira (N3,000,000.00) from him on the pretext that he would secure a job offer for him.
He disclosed that, having realised that he had no means of returning the money to him, he hired two hefty guys, conspired with them, killed him, and hid the motor vehicle at a garage in Hotoro Quarters, Kano. The motor vehicle has since been recovered by the police.
‘’While the CP commiserates with the deceased family on this sad development, the Commissioner of Police reaffirms the commitment of his command to combating crime in all its forms and to continue to work tirelessly in protecting the lives and property of all Kano residents.’’
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