By Core Reporters
Lafia (Core Reporters) Nasarawa state Police command has again announced the arrest of two suspects; Abubakar Ibrahim and Isah Ayuba in connection with the murder of one Felicia Namkywa, a petty trader.
The arrest was sequel to a complaint lodged at Obi Divisional Police Headquarters that the trader has been missing for days, and all efforts to trace her whereabouts proved abortive.
According to a statement by the Nasarawa state Command spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, “The duo of Abubakar Ibrahim and Isah Ayuba both males of Shember village of Agwatashi, Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state have been arrested by Police detectives attached to Obi Division investigation for Abduction and subsequent killing of one Felicia Namkywa, a petty trader following a painstaking investigation.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was lured via phone call by one of the suspect (Abubakar Ibrahim) who was owing her the sum of Forty Thousand Naira (#40,000) and beckoned on her to come and purchase grains in one of the Fulani settlements (Ruga) of the area; unknown to her that there was a sinister plan to take her life and dispossess her of her business capital.
“The suspects upon interrogation confessed to having lured and abducted the victim, took her deep into the forest where she was straggled to death and her remains dumped in a swamp, and took away the sum of five hundred and fifty-five thousand Naira that was found on the victim.
“The suspects subsequently led the police operatives to the scene where the decayed remains of the victim were recovered,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department to swiftly conclude the investigation and charge the suspects to court for immediate prosecution. He further extended his condolences to the family of the victim and urged them to be calm while assuring them that justice would be served.
