– A boy has been arrested in Mararaba in Nasarawa state after another boy was stabbed to death
– The boy is alleged to have stabbed the victim in the stomach during a fight
– The incident is currently being investigated by the police CIID
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Nasarawa police have arrested a boy, Shamsudden Ahmed, for allegedly killing another on Thursday, February 11 in Mararaba, Nasarawa state.
The state command spokesperson, Umaru Ismalia, said the police received a distress call on Thursday at about 7.49 pm that Ahmed had stabbed another boy, Yahuza Usman in the stomach with a knife.
He said the call by Haruna Sani prompted the police to send a team of detectives to the scene of the crime at Mararaba.
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“On the receipt of the report, a team of detectives attached to the division quickly mobilized to the scene where they met the victim’s motionless body lying on the ground with a deep cut in his stomach,” Ismalia said.
He said details showed that the boys were involved in a fight when the incident that led to Usman’s death occurred.
Ismalia said the police detectives on arriving at the crime scene immediately rushed the victim to the Nigeria Customs Service Medical clinic in Karu, Abuja where Usman was certified dead by a doctor on duty.
He also said the police had begun an investigation into the matter, and that the knife said to have been used by the suspect was recovered as evidence.
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