An Assistant Superintendent of Police, Shuaibu Sani Malumfashi, was stabbed to death by his colleague following a misunderstanding between them in Kebbi State.
Malumfashi was the Divisional Crime Officer 11 of the Argungu Divisional Police Station in Kebbi before his death.
According to SaharaReporters, sources said that the yet-to-be-identified Assistant Superintendent of Police, who stabbed the deceased is currently in custody.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls a similar incident where a police Inspector, Ugwor Samuel, attached to a member of the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe, was shot dead by his colleague.
The deceased Inspector was shot dead by his fellow policeman, Inspector Atule Benedict, who is attached to the same lawmaker, Onwusibe on Sunday at Umuahia, the state capital.
An aide to the lawmaker who witnessed the incident told SaharaReporters that trouble started when the deceased had a misunderstanding with his colleague over a comment on the attitude of Inspector Atule.
“Atule reacted angrily and there was an altercation which led Inspector Atule to take his gun and shoot the deceased Inspector,” the aide said.
The aide who spoke on condition of anonymity said efforts to disarm Atule by other policemen in their team failed, and that he threatened to kill “more policemen if they come close to him”.
The police later confirmed the killing of Inspector Ugwor Samuel and described the incident as unfortunate and barbaric.
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