30th July, 2024
By Rita Iliya
A 29-year-old man, Mizanmil Abubakar, has been arrested for allegedly killing his 65-year-old father, Abubakar Adawa and burying his decapitated remains in a shallow grave by operatives of Kpakungu division of Niger Police Command.
SP Waisu Abiodun, in a statement Minna on Tuesday said the murder was discovered after the 66-year-old man was reported missing from his house in the Barkin-Sale area of Minna at the Kpakungu police division.
The police spokesperson said police operatives attached to the division led by the Divisional Police Officer visited the house and one Mizanmil Abubakar 29, and Aisha Abubakar, the mother and son were invited for interrogation.
He said, “The whole compound was thoroughly searched, and surprisingly, the severed body of the missing person was discovered buried in a shallow grave within the compound.”
Abiodun said he had confessed to being responsible for the gruesome murder of his father, saying that the deceased hated him.
The spokesperson said the suspect confessed that he used a hoe to kill and sever the victim into parts before burying him in a shallow grave within the compound.
He said preliminary investigation was ongoing at the division and the suspect would soon be transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation and prosecution. (NAN)
