The Bauchi Police Command is currently investigating a 25-year-old man Identified as Yakubu Adamu of Kumbi village in Kirfi local government area of Bauchi state for stabbing his brother to death.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that Yakubu Adamu who is in police custody stabbed his younger brother, Yayaji Abubakar to death to inherit his Bajaj motorcycle.
According to the Bauchi State Police Command, spokesperson, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, “the suspect confessed to having committed the offense and further revealed that he started the act of stealing a motorcycle in the year 2020.
“On 13 October 2023 at about 19:30 Usman Mohammad aged 38 years of Gorondo village via Alkaleri LGA, Bauchi State, reported at the Divisional Headquarters Kirfi that on the same date at about 3:40 PM Yakubu Adamu aged 25 years of Kumbi village via Alkaleri LGA, armed with a shape knife attacked his younger brother, Yayaji Abubakar aged 25 years of the same address.
“He robbed him of his red Bajaj motorcycle with registration number; 526-OG the value of which is yet to be ascertained. The suspect used a knife to stab him severely, as a result, he sustained serious injuries on his stomach and hands respectively.
“On receipt of the report, a team of detectives swiftly swung into action and moved the victim to General Hospital Alkaleri where he was certified dead by a medical doctor. Meanwhile, the perpetrator has been arrested. He is responding to police interrogations.
“During interrogation, the defendant confessed to having committed the offense and further revealed that he started the act of stealing a motorcycle in the year 2020 when he criminally conspired with one Auwalu of the same address and stole a Bajaj motorcycle red in colour and sold it at the rate of seventy-thousand naira (N70,000) and shared the proceed of crime among themselves. An investigation is still ongoing, after which the suspect will be charged to court,” he said.
Relatedly, the police said that in a joint operation with JTF and local hunters drafted Tilden Fulani Division, Toro local government area acted on intelligence and raided two identified suspected kidnappers’ enclaves in both Angwari and Saya mountains.
“On 01 November 2023 at about 4:30 PM a combined team of policemen in a joint operation with JTF and local hunters drafted to Toro, Tilden Fulani Division acted on intelligence and raided two identified suspected kidnappers’ enclaves in both Angwari and Saya mountains in the area.
“The joint operational team engaged the kidnappers in a gun dwell which forced the armed hoodlums to scamper in disarray with possible serious bullet wounds. More so, one Rashida Hamisu aged 17 years, and five (5) other kidnapped victims were rescued unhurt.
“One of the hoodlums was neutralised in the process. The rescued victims were taken to Toro General Hospital for medical attention after which they were reunited with their family members. At the moment, efforts are on top gear to hunt down the hoodlums,” he added.