A 40-year-old man Ibrahim Umar Dankunkuru village Ungogo LGA Kano State has been arrested for the disappearance and the subsequent killing of two persons, 36-year-old Kabiru Idi and 18 years old Bato Ali in Bauchi State.
Reporting the incident to the Gamawa Divisional Police Headquarters on the 10th of September 2023, a 57-year-old man Adamu Mohammed of Taranka village Gamawa LGA, Bauchi State stated that the two victims disappeared about a month ago after the suspect came to the village for charcoal business.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil on Tuesday, the suspect confessed to a team of detectives who arrested him to have killed and buried the two casual workers in a shallow grave around the outskirts of the town, consequently, the requisite coroner’s form was filled and the bodies were exhumed from the said grave for discreet Investigation.
These bodies were established to be those of the missing persons and are certified dead by the medical practitioner.
“The Command has handed over the corpses to the relatives for burial according to their respective religious rites.
The investigation further uncovered that the accused killed the two persons in a bid to make ritual money out of their dead bodies.
During a search at the suspect’s residence, one rubber gallon containing liquid substances suspected to be Human blood was recovered from the accused residence.”
Condoling the family of the victims and condemning the ruthless and gruesome killing of the two innocent and very hardworking citizens, the Command disclosed that an investigation is still in progress to uncover the mystery behind the accused cruel act.
