Daniel Atori Minna
The Niger State Police Command has
arrested a security guard, Sani Yusuf (50) for allegedly stabbing his neighbour,
Asabe Zagi (60), over a failed attempt to rape a 14 year old girl in
Minna.
Yusuf was arrested by operatives
attached to the Bosso Police Division in Bosso Local Government Area of the
state.
Eye witnesses claimed that Yusuf
stabbed Zagi of Tudun Fulani area of Minna in Bosso over allegation of making
advances at her 14 year old granddaughter.
Investigations revealed that the
suspect used a knife to stab Zagi at least10 times, screaming that he didn’t make sexual advances at the girl or bought her
SIM card as was alleged.
Yusuf, father of seven, further stating
his own side of the story, said: “Zagi, a staff of Bosso Council invited me to
her house and accused me of buying SIM card for her granddaughter so as to have
sex with her. I told her I will be the last person to do that, and in the heat
of the argument, I stabbed her. For some time now, she has been accusing me of
having affair with her grandchild. I told her I couldn’t do that because I have
her mate at home. But Zagi refused to listen to me.”
Yusuf, while saying that he
regretted his action, added that his action was out of extreme provocation.
The Niger State Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), Muhammad Abubakar, said the suspect confessed to the
crime and would be arraigned in court soon.
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