Crime
Man kills brother over unpaid 270k debt
A 35-year-old man who attacked and killed his brother over N270,000 unpaid debt has been arrested by the police in Kano State after nearly 6 years on the run.
Magaji Yellow, who hails from Kunya village in Minibar LGA, Kano state had conspired with two others to kill his brother on August 10, 2018 to cover up the debt of N270,000 he owed him.
The Kano Police Command image-maker in a statement said: “On 10 August, 2018, a report was received from a resident of Kunya Village in Minjibir LGA of Kano state that one Magaji Yellow (38) of the same address & some others, attacked his brother Gausu Umar Sadam (35) with dangerous weapons and cut his leg vein including other parts of his body and ran away.
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On receipt of the report, the victim was rushed to the hospital, where he was certified dead by a medical doctor.
On preliminary investigation, 2 of the culprits were arrested namely: Rabiu Sarki Lots, Nasiru Adamu Namade and were charged to court for offences of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.
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