Two men, Sunday Paul (22) and Bali Joshua (33) have been arrested and paraded by operatives of the Niger State Police Command for strangling one Boniface Chinanwa, aged 45 to death in Suleja Local Government Area of the state.
Confirming the development, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun in a statement said the mastermind of the crime, one Zingfa Selchak of Kwamba area of Suleja is currently at large.
Abidoun said that the two suspects had confessed to the crime of culpable homicide, conspiracy and theft.
It was gathered that on May 17, 2023, the two suspects that were paraded by the police were invited by Selchak and he briefed them on his intention to snatch a tricycle and needed their assistance to perpetrate the act.
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The police image maker further explained that Zingfa took them to somewhere along Kwamba road, opposite Timber-shed, and told them to wait for him, and shortly he appeared with a tricycle rider whom he deceitfully contracted to convey some goods for him
According to him, “they jointly moved to a nearby corner with the rider pretending to start packing the goods into the tricycle. Suddenly, the said Zingfa placed a cable on the neck of the rider from the rear, tightly drawn and strangulated him till death with the help of Bali while Sunday tied the hands of the victim.
“The suspects also searched the victim, stole his phone and other valuables in his possession while Zingfa drove the tricycle to an unknown destination, both Bali and Sunday dropped the body of the deceased by the roadside, where it was discovered the following morning.”
The suspects have been transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation, as effort is being intensified to arrest the fleeing Zingfa and to also recover the tricycle with other valuables stolen.
The exhibit recovered is the cable tied to a spanner used to strangulate the victim.