Two persons have been arrested for tne murder of one Boniface Chinanwa, 45, of Morocco road in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger state, the police have said.
The suspects include Sunday Paul aged 22 of Timber-shed, Suleja, Bali Joshua aged 33 of Kwamba area of Suleja while the mastermind, Zingfa Selchak of the same address is currently at large.
The Niger state Police Public Relations Officer, PRO, DSP Wasiu Abiodun in a statement said the two suspects had confessed to the crime of culpable homicide, conspiracy and theft.
He revealed that the suspects were invited by Zingfa Selchak on 17 May, 2023 and briefed them on his intention to snatch a tricycle and needed their assistance to perpetrate the act.
The state spokesman explained that Zingfa took them to somewhere along Kwamba road, opposite Timber-shed, and told them to wait for him, and shortly he appeared with a tricycle rider whom he deceitfully contracted to convey some goods for him”
According to him,” they jointly moved to a nearby corner with the rider pretending to start packing the goods into the tricycle. Suddenly, the said Zingfa placed a cable on the neck of the rider from the rear, tightly drawn and strangulated him till death with the help of Bali while Sunday tied the hands of the victim.”
“The suspects also searched the victim, stole his phone and other valuables in his possession while Zingfa drove the tricycle to an unknown destination, both Bali and Sunday dropped the body of the deceased by the roadside, where it was discovered the following morning”.
The suspects have been transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation, as effort is being intensified to arrest the fleeing Zingfa and to also recover the tricycle with other valuables stolen.
The exhibit recovered is the cable tied to a spanner used to strangulate the victim.
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