The brothers were alleged to have
murdered Ebuka in his master’s shop around 10am. The Police on Tuesday,
arrested the brothers, Ekana Sunday 24 and Henry Sunday 22, at the Kpakungu
area of Minna, the state capital. The arrest came after a tip-off and police
journey to Bosso area, opposite Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna.
The father of the deceased, Peter
Eze, 65, described the murder of his son as horrible. He said: "This is not an act of God, no! I can't
believe this: It is difficult to attribute this devilish act to the will of
God. Why should they kill my son? Over what? Those that killed my son must tell
me why they did so, and who sent them to carry out this ungodly act. The law
must take its course. My son has not committed any crime to deserve this
death.”
Peter further disclosed that in 2008,
when Ebuka left them after his secondary
education to learn a trade under a master in Abuja, they had hope, he would one
day graduate and become successful, to later take care of them.
Peter said: “Now, they have killed
and taken him away from us. What a wicked world.”
Ebuka, who sell chemicals in Bosso, was the second
child of his parents, and had only two years left to serve his master before he
could get his freedom and start his own business.
The killers are said to be children
of Ebuka's customer, called 'oga Sunday.' Ebuka got to know Sunday through his father
two years ago.
Ebuka's killers, who reside in
Kpakungu area, a suburb of Minna, were said to have trailed him for four days,
visiting his shop on a daily bases to ask the price of one item after another.
A customer, who used to buy items
from Ebuka said: “ I saw Ebuka’s killers in the shop a day before he was
killed. The men pretended that they wanted to buy some items. In fact, on
Friday that I saw them in the shop, they were negotiating to buy some items in
the shop. They even assisted me to park some things that I bought into my car.
I believe they were trying to hurry me out of the shop. I was surprised when I
heard that they were the people that killed Ebuka.
"I spoke with Ebuka about 20
minutes before he was killed. I called him to get a number from him, but 10
minutes later, when I called back, the telephone rang, but nobody picked.
Later, I was told that some boys attacked Ebuka in the shop."
The Niger State Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), Abigail Unaeze, said the command would not relent in
its fight against killers and bandits in the state. She disclosed that the
suspects would be charged to court soonest.
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