8 suspects arrested over murder of corps member

The police in Nasarawa State have arrested eight suspects in connection with the stabbing of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Samuel Makene, in Akwanga LGA. The spokesman, ASP Samaila Usman, told Daily Trust that the suspects are being interrogated in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and would be charged to court soon. Samuel […]

The police in Nasarawa State have arrested eight suspects in connection with the stabbing of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Samuel Makene, in Akwanga LGA.

The spokesman, ASP Samaila Usman, told Daily Trust that the suspects are being interrogated in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and would be charged to court soon.

Samuel Makene, a 2018 Batch A corps member whose place of primary assignment was Government Secondary School Ubbe, in Akun Development Area, was allegedly stabbed to death on December 20 by some youth at the Akwanga residence of David Ombugadu, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Hajiya Zainab Isa, told Daily Trust that, “The DG and entire management of NYSC were disturbed by the sad event. About 50 corp members attended his burial.”