Zamfara Police Arrest Two Suspected Killers Of VON Reporter
Zamfara Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of Hamisu Danjibga, a reporter with the Voice of Nigeria, VON, in Zamfara State.
Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Shehu, disclosed this while parading the suspects at a Press briefing in Gusau on Tuesday.
Shehu revealed that the suspects were Danjigba’s nephew, Mansur Haruna, and his friend, Ibrahim Garba, both of whom conspired to kidnap the veteran journalist.
According to him, when the journalist resisted their move, they stabbed him to death,
The Police Commissioner informed that the two suspects confessed to the crime during interrogation, adding that some items belonging to the late Danjibga were recovered from them.
The Commissioner also paraded three others, suspected bandits, who specialize in kidnapping and raping women.
Another Suspect was paraded for alleged supply of arms from Abia State.
Shehu maintained that at the conclusion of investigation, all the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution.
