Suspects killed friend, dumped his body in well to avoid debt repayment: Police
Two men in Kaduna criminally conspired, killed their friend and dumped his body in a well to avoid paying him a debt of N385,000 they owed him, says the police in Kaduna.
Spokesman of the state police command, Mohammed Jalige, narrated this incident while briefing reporters on the activities of the command announced on Wednesday in Kaduna.
Mr Jalige explained that the victim’s father had lodged a complaint to the police in Zaria on June 5, over the disappearance of his son, who had left home at about 10: 00 a.m. on June 4.
He added that the complainant had suspected his son’s friend of involvement in the disappearance of the victim.
“Upon accepting the formal complaint, it is binding on the police to investigate with the view to unraveling the pre and post disappearance of the victim, which led the command to immediately launch a manhunt for the suspect,” Mr Jalige explained.
“After apprehending the suspect, he disclosed that himself and one person of No. 94 Anguwan Magajiya, Zaria City lured the victim to an uncompleted building where they killed him and dumped the body in an abandoned well.”
“They decided to commit the dastardly act of ending the victim’s life in a gruesome manner, in order to avoid refunding the sum of N385,000 they owed the deceased,” the police spokesman added.
Mr Jalige said that the suspects led the police to the scene where the body was exhumed and taken to Gambo Sawaba General Hospital for examination, and later released to the family for burial according to Islamic rites.
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