Metro
Police arrests varsity student for allegedly killing lecturer in Benue
The Benue State police command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of a student of Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Jeremiah Nnamdi, over the alleged killing of a lecturer at the institution, Karl Kwaghger.
The command spokesperson, Catherine Anene, confirmed the development in a statement in Makurdi.
Kwaghger was killed at the Tarka Foundation, Gboko, on November 28.
Anene said the suspect, who hails from Imo State, was arrested by police operatives while trying to sell a car stolen from the deceased in Abuja.
She said: “Swiftly, police detectives were deployed to the scene where they met the victim brutally stabbed on his ribs and cut on his neck.
“The victim was rushed by the police detectives to Bishop Murray Hospital where he was confirmed dead, and was deposited at the morgue.
READ ALSO: Varsity lecturer, wife, three children die in Benue auto crash
“During the investigation, one Jeremiah Nnamdi, a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, was arrested in Abuja where he went to sell the car stolen from the deceased.
“The suspect has already confessed to the crime and further investigation is ongoing.
“The suspect confessed to the crime and told police detectives that his initial intention was to threaten the victim with a make-believe gun and rob him of his car.
“But he ended up killing him because of his resistance and took the car away.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...