Niger Police arrest 4 suspects over murder of 33-year-old photographer

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 -The Police in Niger State have arrested four suspects allegedly involved in the killing of one Zaccheaus Salawudeen, 33yrs old photographer of Minna, the state capital after eight months of being on their trail.

They were said to have in February, attacked their victim in his residence in the Tudun-Fulani area of Minna, robbed and stabbed him to death.

It was gathered the suspects which include Mustapha Ibrahim, Sniper-19yrs, Shamson Rabiu-21yrs -Bashar Aliyu, Gizo-20yrs and -Abdullahi Umar-19yrs attacked the late Salawudeen having learnt that he had received a huge amount of money.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) SP Wasiu Abiodun said the suspects were apprehended for culpable homicide.

He explained that the incident was reported to the Bosso Division on February 27th, 2024, and since then, the Command has been on the trail of the assailants and arrested them on October 26.

According to him, ” During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the crime as they narrated that on the same date, they were discussing within the area at Rafin-Yashin and they heard that the late Zaccheaus received a contribution of a huge amount of money,”

“They mobilised to his residence at midnight, attacked and robbed him of #95,000 but they felt disappointed and believed that the deceased lied to them about the amount, and one of them known as Danladi, presently at large stabbed the deceased with a knife in the stomach”.

Abiodun further revealed,” On August 9th, 2024, the same robbers attacked another victim’s residence at Rafin-Yashin who initially refused to open the door for them, but they shouted that, does he want to be killed like the photographer? In the process, a neighbour identified them and he was inflicted with a serious injury of matchet cut by the robbers on the jaw, but he survived”.

An investigation is in progress and efforts are being intensified to arrest the said Danladi.

Suspects have also been arraigned in court for prosecution.

Items recovered during their arrest include two knives, five wraps of suspected cannabis, alcohol, matches and abandoned slippers.