The Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended one Usman Danladi ‘M,’ also known as Murderer, for allegedly chopping off the wrist of a 25-year-old man, Jibrin Abdullahi, in Tudun Wada Area, Auta Balefi of the State’s Karu Local Government Area.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, the arrest was made in response to information about the Friday attack.
According to the PPRO, the suspect who was arrested on Saturday confessed to the crime.
According to a police spokesman, the suspect claimed that the victim assaulted his girlfriend, Aisha, before they got into a fight.
“On September 16, 2022, at approximately 1600hrs, information was received that one Jibrin Abdullahi ‘M’ 25yrs of Kaduna State but a resident of Tudun Wada Area, Auta Balefi of Karu LGA, Nasarawa State was attacked and his wrist was chopped off,” the statement reads.
“Upon receiving the information, police officers from the Goshen City Division, led by CSP Eunice Ogbadu, rushed to the scene and rushed the victim to the Federal Medical Centre in Keffi for treatment.”
“As a result, an intensive manhunt for the perpetrator of the heinous act was launched.” The investigators’ efforts were rewarded on September 17, 2022, when the prime suspect, Usman Danladi ‘M’ 21yrs, A.K.A Murderer, was apprehended.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but claimed that the victim had previously assaulted his girlfriend (Aisha) and that when he confronted him, a fight ensued, during which he attacked the victim with a Machete.”
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Lafia for further investigation, following which the suspect will be charged and prosecuted in court.”
