25-Year-Old Stabs Friend To Death In Kano
A 25-year-old suspect identified as Abba Ibrahim has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly stabbing 22-year-old Zaharadeen Iliyasi in the neck with a knife, causing his death.
The arrest was made known in a statement on Monday by the spokesperson for the command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa.
The statement noted that on receiving information about the incident, the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Gumel, ordered all entry and exit points in the state blocked to prevent the suspect from fleeing.
The statement read โOn March 29, 2024, at about 10:30 pm, a distress call was received reporting a disagreement between two friends at Chiranci Dorayi Quarters Kano, where one Abba Garba Ibrahim, 25 years old, popularly known as โDan โKudaโ used a knife and stabbed one Zaharaddeen Iliyasu, 22 years old, โmโ, of same address on his neck.
โAs a result, Illiyasu fell in a pool of his blood.
โOn receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Mohammed Gumel, ordered the immediate cordoning off of the entry and exit points of the state to prevent escape and directed the deployment of police operatives, led by the Divisional Police Officer of Panshekara Division, CSP Yaโu Sadiq Abdu, to the scene.
โOn arrival at the scene, Zaharadeen Iliyasu was rushed to the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano where a medical doctor on duty certified the body dead, while the suspect, Abba Garba Ibrahim, was arrested while attempting to escape to the Niger Republic.
โThe situation was immediately brought under control, and the suspect was transferred to the commandโs Criminal Investigation Department, Homicide Section for discrete investigation.
โOn preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed to having singlehandedly committed the act under the influence of intoxicating drugs.
โThe Commissioner of Police assured residents of diligent investigation and prosecution. He also called on the good people of the state to continue to cooperate with the police and give all necessary support.โ
