Eight Suspects Arrested Over UNIMAID Senior Lecturer’s Murder

No fewer than eight persons have been arrested by the Borno State Police Command as a lecturer in the Department of Physical and Health Education, at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Dr. Kamar Abdulkadir, was murdered in cold blood.

It was gathered that the lecturer was killed on Sunday by yet-to-be-identified attackers who sneaked into his office in the campus and attacked him with a knife and hammer.

Sources quoted by counter-insurgency expert and security analyst, Zagazola Makama, in a post on his X account, said that the victim was later found dead in the pool of blood with several injuries inflicted on his body by his killers.

The sources said, “His hands were peeled off when he tried to stop the attackers from stabbing him. They also used a hammer to smash his head and his spinal cord, killing him instantly.”

After killing the lecturer, the attackers also stole his vehicle and other valuables.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Nahum Keneth, disclosed this in a telephone conversation with PUNCH Metro on Monday.

The state PPRO, Keneth, disclosed that upon receiving the report of the incident, a police team was deployed to the scene where the body of the lecturer was found dead in his office.

He added that the police immediately launched an investigation into the matter and arrested eight suspects in connection with the murder.

The police spokesperson said, “The police received a distress call from the university in the early hours of today and immediately swung into action. Upon getting to the scene, the body of Dr Abdulkadir was found dead in his office.

“Investigation was launched into the matter and we have been able to apprehend eight persons in connection with the murder. They are currently undergoing investigation.”

 

He added that the vehicle of the late lecturer was also not found at the scene of the incident, and it was suspected to have been whisked away by the assailants.

“The vehicle of Dr Abdulkadir was not at the scene of the incident. The assailants may have whisked the vehicle away from the scene of the accident.”

Keneth, while stressing that the police would ensure to bring the perpetrators of the act to justice, urged residents of the state and the university community to go about their daily activities without panic.

“There are tensions because of the incident, but the Commissioner of Police hereby urges members of the public and the university community to remain calm and go about their activity without fear.

“The command will ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice,” he said.