Ojoma Yusuf,Yola
The Adamawa State Police Command has apprehended a 34 years old man for allegedly stoning his bossom friend and Student University of Maiduguri, Augustine Otti, to death.
Inuwa Yunana the 34yrs old man from Gyawana in Lamurde Local Area, was arrested on the 15th May, 2023, and voluntarily confessed to killing Augustine Otti, his friend and the student.
A statement by the police public relations officer, Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, on Tuesday, said that the suspect had confessed robbing the deceased of the sum of N100, 000, after killing him.
According him, the suspect brutally killed the deceased on the 18th April, 2023 at about 8:00pm, while accompanying him to Mbemun village, to complete payment of the rice he bought.
SP Nguroje, said that the suspect murdered the deceased by hitting him with a stick on the head as well as stoning him after which he threw his dead body in a gutter.
He explained that the suspect was nabbed following the recovery of material evidences at the scene of the crime which have linked him to the crime.
He added that the suspect had voluntarily confessed to the crime where he said that he was only interested in the possession of the deceased.
The Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, has expressed disappointment over the unfortunate incident and however commended operatives of the command for detecting, arresting and making it impossible for the suspect to escape justice.
SP Nguroje, stated that the CP had directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of CID to investigate beyond and ensure law takes it course.
Meanwhile he noted that the CP as called on the citizens to always report people of suspicious character around their neighbourhoods to the police.
