A 35-year-old man who att@cked and k+lled his brother over N270,000 unpaid debt has been arrested by the police in Kano State after nearly six years on the run.
Magaji Yellow, who hails from Kunya village in Minibar LGA of Kano state had conspired with two others to k+ll his brother on August 10, 2018, to cover up the debt of N270,000 he owed him.
The Kano Police Command image-maker, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa in a statement said: “On 10 August, 2018, a report was received from a resident of Kunya Village in Minjibir Local Government Area of Kano state that one Magaji Yellow (38) of the same address and some others, att@cked his brother Gausu Umar Sadam (35) with d@ngerous we@pons and c¥t his leg vein including other parts of his body and ran away.
On receipt of the report, the victim was rushed to the hospital, where he was certified d£ad by a medical doctor.
On preliminary investigation, two of the culprits were arrested namely: Rabiu Sarki Lots and Nasiru Adamu Namade, all of the same address, and were charged to court for offences of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.
After review of cases under investigation by the State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Dogo Garba, he raised a combined team of detectives and directed that the principal suspect be trailed and arrested.
On 15 July, 2024, sustained follow-up coupled with intelligence-led technical operations led to the arrest of the principal suspect, Magaji Yallo, after five years, eleven months and four days, that is 2160 days after the incident.
On discreet Investigation, the suspect confessed that they lured the victim to Wailari Quarters in Minjibir Local Government Area, Kano State under the pretext that he was going to pay him his money, the sum of N270,000 he owed him, and thereafter k+lled him.”
