The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly burying a man alive in Zaria.
The Command’s spokesperson, ASP
Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Thursday in
Kaduna.
Hassan said that the detention
of the two suspects in Zaria for alleged complicity was sequel to a viral video
showing a person buried with only his head left out.
He said that immediately the
police got wind of the video, efforts were made to locate the 20-year-old
victim, from Gauraki village in Kufena Ward, Zaria council area, and possibly
detain the culprits which eventually yielded result.
The spokesperson further stated
that preliminary investigation revealed that the victim and the two suspects
were working as labourers in a construction site in Abuja.
He said that the cell phone of
one of the suspects, valued at N35,000, was stolen where they were all lodged.
Hassan said that the victim was
suspected to have stolen the handset, thus making the two suspects to resolve
that the victim’s daily wages would be used to buy another phone as
replacement.
He said that the victim, piqued
by the suspects’ decision, left Abuja and to Zaria, where he was eventually
trailed to by the suspects who are siblings.
“On Aug. 10, the suspects
located their victim and forcefully took him to an uncompleted building and dug
the ground akin to a grave.
“They bound his hands and feet, covered his
mouth with a piece of clothing, placed him inside the hole and returned the
earth, leaving only his head outside
“They left their victim in the
said condition until a passerby heard his groans and alerted the public before
he was rescued,” he said.
Hassan said that the suspects,
who were later arrested, admitted to committing the act during interrogation
He said that the Commissioner
of Police, Audu Ali, warned the general public against taking law into their
hands.
The spokesperson said that the
case would be carefully investigated and that the outcome would be handled
professionally.
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