The Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended two men, Abubakar Ibrahim and Isah Ayuba, in connection with the abduction and murder of a petty trader, Felicia Namkywa, in the Obi Local Government Area.
In a statement on Sunday, October 13, DSP Ramhan Nansel, the police spokesperson, revealed that the primary suspect, Abubakar, owed the deceased N40,000. He allegedly lured Felicia to a Fulani settlement under the pretense of buying grains.
Abubakar conspired with Isah to abduct Felicia, taking her deep into the forest, where she was strangled to death and her body disposed of in a swamp. The suspects also stole N555,000 that was in Felicia’s possession.
“The duo of Abubakar Ibrahim and Isah Ayuba both males of Shember village of Agwatashi, Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state have been arrested by Police detectives attached to Obi Division investigation for the abduction and subsequent killing of one Felicia Namkywa, a petty trader following a painstaking investigation,” the statement explained.
“The arrest was sequel to a complaint lodged at Obi Divisional Police Headquarters that the trader has been missing for days and all efforts to trace her whereabouts proved abortive.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was lured via phone call by one of the suspect (Abubakar Ibrahim) who was owing her the sum of Forty Thousand Naira (#40,000) and beckoned on her to come and purchase grains in one of the Fulani settlements (Ruga) of the area
“Unknown to her that there was a sinister plan to take her life and dispossess her of her business capital.
“The suspects upon interrogation confessed to having lured and abducted the victim, took her deep into the forest where she was straggled to death and her remains dumped in a swamp, and took away the sum of five hundred and fifty-five thousand Naira that was found on the victim.
“The suspects subsequently led the police operatives to the scene where the decayed remains of the victim were recovered.
“The commissioner of police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department to swiftly conclude the investigation and charge the suspects to court for immediate prosecution.
“He further extended his condolences to the family of the victim and urged them to be calm while assuring them that justice would be served.”
