Police in Kano have arrested seven students of Government Technical College Ungoggo in Kano State in connection with alleged killing of their colleague on Saturday night. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command in the state, DSP Magaji Majiya, confirmed the arrest of the suspects in Kano on Monday.
He said that the
deceased, Mohammed Ali, a final year student, was reported to have been killed
by the suspects following allegation of sodomy against him. According to him,
the suspects allegedly invited Ali at midnight on Saturday and beat him to
death. He said “the suspects were said to have invited the deceased around
11.30 p.m. on Saturday and allegedly killed him.”
Majiya added that
four of the suspects had made confessional statements, while investigation was
ongoing to ascertain the extent of their individual involvement. “We are also waiting for result of the
autopsy conducted on the deceased by medical authorities at Waziri Gidado
Hospital in Dala Local Government Area,” the police PRO said. He added that the
case had been transferred from Ungoggo Divisional Police headquarters to the
state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation. (NAN)
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