…arrest 19-year-old tailor over murder of pregnant sister

The police in Borno have arrested a 19-year-old tailor, Abba Umaru, over the murder of his 35-year-old pregnant sister, Ya’Amsa Umaru. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, in a statement on Friday said the suspect on May 25, hit his sister with a pestle at Magumeri town in Magumeri Local Government Area of […]

The police in Borno have arrested a 19-year-old tailor, Abba Umaru, over the murder of his 35-year-old pregnant sister, Ya’Amsa Umaru.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, in a statement on Friday said the suspect on May 25, hit his sister with a pestle at Magumeri town in Magumeri Local Government Area of the state.

He said Abba was aggrieved with the demand by his sister requesting him to sew a dress for their father. He said, “Consequently, he killed his sister, who was at the time, eight months pregnant, and buried her in a shallow grave in a room.”

Chukwu stated that the suspect would be arraigned as soon as investigations were completed.

The police boss also stated that the police had arrested a 20-year old man, Hassan Garba, over the murder of two persons in Biu Local Government Area of the state.

He revealed that the suspect on May 18, stabbed Hussaini Alhassan, 20 and Naziru Haruna, 19, to death, both of whom he accused of adultery.

He noted that “Garba, armed with a knife and axe, attacked and killed Alhassan and Haruna in their sleep. The suspect claimed that the deceased were committing adultery; and that he was duty-bound to execute judgment on them.”

Meanwhile, the police have also arrested a 19-year-old bricklayer apprentice, Inusa Abubakar, over the murder of his 24-year-old master, Ba’Ana Bukar. Chukwu stated that the suspect stabbed his master with a knife on May 26 in an uncompleted building where they were working at Pompomari area of Maiduguri.

He added that the suspect buried the body in a shallow grave, proceeded to the deceased’s house and carted away N62,000. (NAN)