The Oyo State Police Command 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.
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.”
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.”
Source:The Punch
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