Police Arrest 2 In Nasarawa Over Murder Of 3 Weeks Old Child

In less than 24 hours after the last incident of murder, operatives of the Nasarawa state Command of the Police Force have arrested two men for allegedly killing a 3-week-old child.

Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, in a statement issued and made available to newsmen in Lafia Saturday stated that the arrest of the suspects followed an intensive manhunt while the suspects were in lam after committing the crime on October 11 in Lafia,

According to the statement, the principal suspect, Abdulkadir Ahmed who is 40 years old asked his friend Hassan Sabo 40 years to lure his estranged wife and mother of his three-week-old baby to his shop opposite Correctional Facility in Lafia on the pretext of seeking reconciliation with her.

The statement added that on arrival at the shop, Abdulkadir Ahmed took the child from the mother into the shop while Hassan Sabo engaged the mother of the child in a discussion outside, and suddenly, the child screamed and went quiet.

The statement explained that Abdulkadir Ahmed immediately came out of the shop and the mother enquired to know why the child screamed but was told that the child has gone to sleep.

Not satisfied, she rushed into the shop and discovered the lifeless body of her child as the culprits immediately left the scene on a motorcycle while the body was evacuated to Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia by the police for post-mortem examination.

The statement further adds that the state Commissioner of Police, Adesina Soyemi ordered a thorough investigation into the dastardly act.