A 19-year-old, Yakubu Tanko, has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command for killing his friend and dumping the body in a septic tank.
It was learnt that Tanko entered into 14-year-old Sikiru Tajudeen’s room in the Tundun Fulani area of Minna, and hit him with a stick he took from the kitchen.
Tanko confessed that after he hit the deceased, blood rushed out and he left him lying dead on the bed and went away.
“I returned two hours later and put the body in a sack until about 8pm. I then borrowed a wheelbarrow and took the body to an open soak away close by and dumped the body inside. I thought nobody would see the body again,” he confessed.
On why he killed his friend, Tanko said ‘I personally planned it and did it’.
Police spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun said the deceased was reported missing at the Bosso Police Division as his family said they found his trouser, a stick, and a stone with blood stains inside his room.
“A day later, the community found the body after tracing a strange odour coming from a septic tank within the community. A sack was found with Sikiru’s body inside it.
“Further findings from the community pointed to Yakubu Tanko and he was immediately arrested. He confessed to the homicide during interrogation while he admitted that the deceased was his friend,” Abiodun said.
He added that the suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation.