“Isa callously murdered Adamu to avoid repaying the debt, killing him in cold blood,” a police statement alleged.
The police command in Kano has arrested 35 suspects in connection with various crimes in the last month.
The police in Jigawa have detained a tea vendor for beating a 20-year-old man to death for stealing bread, milk and noodles in Dutse.
The police command in Yobe says the Boko Haram insurgents have planned to infiltrate the forthcoming #EndBadGovernance protest in August.
The father of the suspected self-kidnapper had already paid N5.2 million ransom through a Bitcoin account belonging to Mr Lawrence.
He said the weapons concealed in a sack were recovered by police operatives attached to the Agbarho division following an intelligence report.
The command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, said the suspect was neutralised on Thursday by a special squad deployed to Ughelli North Local Government Area (LGA).
The police command in Nasarawa says it has arrested two suspects for alleged ‘one-chance’ robbery operations.
The police command in Nasarawa says it killed a suspected kidnapper operating on Nasarawa-Keffi highway.
The NSCDC says it inaugurated a female strike force to protect Abuja schools.
