In Oyo, Police has
arrested a former Federal Road Safety Corps member, who killed an
official of the FRSC in Oyo town.
The suspect, Nurudeen Alin (32), and his
accomplice, Mohammed Garba (26), went to the residence of their victim,
Yahuza Fakai, at College Road, Amejiogbe area of Oyo town and stabbed
him with a knife several times.
Ali, who confessed to the crime during
an interview with correspondents, said his late friend had promised to
give him some money but delayed in doing so, which was what made him
angry and attacked him.
“Fakai was my friend because we worked
together at FRSC before I was dismissed. He had been helping me until I
killed him. A day before he was killed, he called me and gave me some
money. He also said that I should see him again for more money. I went
to his house with Garba but when we got there, I needed to receive a
call and stepped out, by the time I returned to the house, Garba had
stabbed him in the neck. He handed the knife to me and I also stabbed
him. We left him for dead. I was later arrested in my house by the
police,” said the suspect.
Giving the account of his involvement in
the crime, Garba said the deceased had promised to assist Ali but
delayed the assistance after learning that he was hugely indebted.
He said, “Our aim was to threaten him
with the knife so that he could release the money but after stabbing him
in the neck, I realised that the injury was life threatening so I left
the scene because I was afraid. Ali stabbed him more leading to his
death. I had never met the deceased before that day.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Samuel
Adegbuyi, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in
Ibadan, said investigation revealed that Ali was dismissed from the FRSC
for driving licence touting offence, stating also that the victim had
on many occasions supported Ali with money after he lost his job.
He said, “The victim and Ali were
friends and after Ali was dismissed, he got a lot of financial help from
Fakai. On October 14 this year, Ali and an accomplice, Garba, went to
Fakai’s house and stabbed him to death. The Atiba police division was
mandated to unravel the murder, leading to the arrest of the suspects.
The murder weapon, a knife, was recovered from them.”
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