Police arrest 7 students for murder of colleague

Seven students of Government Technical College Ungogo have been arrested over alleged killing of their colleague. The Police Public Relations Officer of Kano state Police Command, DSP Magaji Musa Majia, confirmed the arrest. He said that the deceased, Mohammed Ali, a final year student of the college, was reported to have been killed by the […]

Seven students of Government Technical College Ungogo have been arrested over alleged killing of their colleague.

The Police Public Relations Officer of Kano state Police Command, DSP Magaji Musa Majia, confirmed the arrest.

He said that the deceased, Mohammed Ali, a final year student of the college, was reported to have been killed by the suspects following allegation of sodomy against him.

According to Majia, “the suspects were said to have invited the deceased around 11.30 p.m. on Saturday and allegedly killed him.”

The police spokesman added that four of the suspects had made confessional statements and investigation still in progress to ascertain the extent of their individual involvement.

“We are also waiting for result of the autopsy conducted on the deceased by experts at Waziri Gidado Hospital in Dala Local Government Area,” he said.

He added that the case had been transferred from Ungogo Divisional Police headquarters to the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation.