Kaduna police arrest suspected killers of corps member

The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested two persons in connection with the murder of a corps member, Lawal Auwal-Kontagora.
The 26-year-old, who graduated from a university in Malaysia and returned to the country for the compulsory one year service in the National Youth Service Corps about four months ago, was killed by suspected hoodlums in Malali, in the Kaduna North Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Aliyu Usman, told our correspondent that the two suspects were nabbed by men of the command, adding that they were being investigated for their alleged involvement.


“The case is under investigation at the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department,” he said.
One of the suspects, Jamiliu, aka Baba lado, was said to be a bus driver and a resident of Kwaru in Malali.
The late Auwal-Kontagora was killed along Gambia Road in Malali on October 17, 2016, while visiting a female friend, identified simply as Murdja,  in company with his friend.
It was learnt that while they were in his car, a Peugeot 407, some hoodlums waylaid the vehicle and ordered them to open the door which they did.
One of the late Auwal-Kontagora siblings, Yusuf Ma’aji-Kontagora, said after they alighted from the car, the hoodlums asked them to  kneel down and collected their mobile phones.
He explained that it was when Lawal who left his phone inside the car tried to open the car door to pick it and hand it over to the hoodlums that they (hoodlums) shot him at a close range.
“They thought that Auwal-Kontagora was trying to play a fast one on them. They shot him at a close range in his right leg,” he added.
Ma’aji-Kontagora said they received information about the incident around 10pm and rushed him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The hoodlums were also said to have smashed the corps member’s head with an object.
It was said that Murdja raised the alarm, which made the hoodlums to flee the area.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tight security as Abia council polls hold today

Image
The Commissioner of Police in Abia State, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, has said the State Police command will provide adequate security across the seventeen local government areas of the State to ensure a smooth conduct of the local government election today. He stated that the Nigerian constitution guarantees that there must be adequate security during elections at the local councils because the people at the grassroots were involved. Oyebade who spoke during a press conference with senior Police officers in Umuahia, the State Capital, pointed out that the command had mapped out its operational plans to secure the State during and after the election. He explained that leaders of various political parties in the State have been briefed regarding the conduct of their candidates and the electorate on the election day. He said, “Every credible election must be well planned, because proper planning prevents poor performance. So those of us that are stakeholders in the State h...
Read more

Confusion As ‘Cross Of Jesus’ Is Sighted In Nasarawa Mosque

Image
Residents of Assakio Development Area in Lafia, Nasarawa State were thrown into confusion on Saturday following the sudden appearance of a strange cross five feet away from a central mosque in the community. The mysterious sighting attracted a mammoth crowd from Assakio and its environs with many praying for forgiveness and blessings. Our correspondent observed that the illuminated cross was projected on to the ground. A 15 year-old-girl, Hajara Hussaini, in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, said she first sighted the sign of a cross at about 8pm on Wednesday. Hussaini, who said she had been sent on an errand by her parents, explained that when she saw a strange light, she as gripped by fear and rushed back home to alert her mother, Matan Liman. Confirming the incident to journalists, Matan said she had sent her daughter to visit her grandmother. The middle-aged woman added that her daughter saw the crucifix while returning from the errand. The Chief Imam of Assakio ...
Read more

Empress, Juliet Ibrahim in war of words over domestic violence

Image
Nigerian actress Empress Njama has also decided to voice their opinion on the issue of domestic violence. She however, seem to be the one of the few who has decided to fight for the men. She said, if a man hits a woman, it is called domestic violence but when a woman hit a man, what is it called? “There are men out there who are abused mentally by women through words and abuses than women who are been beaten physically  She however, maintained that she is not in support of men physically abusing a man, just that we needed to get it right on the issue of domestic violence “I’m not saying it is advisable for a man to beat up or assault a woman, but some women are headstrong that they can traumatize their partner mentally to the extent that he has no choice than to beat her up” She also made it clear that no marriage is without its challenges and that the two needs to work together to help it wor...
Read more