By Verlumun Ugah
The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested one Cephas, a 27-year old indigene of Kaduna State for allegedly killing his former employer, Mr. Martins Omeri, who was a Deputy Chief Auditor in the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, residing at Navy Estate Karshi, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state.
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the state command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, in a statement said police personnel attached to Karshi Division, while acting on credible intelligence, arrested the suspect at Arab area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The statement revealed that the police uncovered infinix phone, laptop, clothing and other items belonging to the deceased during a coordinated and diligent search conducted in the suspect’s apartment.
“The suspect confessed that, he sneaked into the house of the deceased at the dead of the night on 17th November, 2020 while he was asleep and killed him using a log of wood while, his dead body was discovered on 19th November, 2020”
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Bola Longe psc(+) has directed that, the case should be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia for an exhaustive investigation after which the suspect will be arraigned in the Court of law”.
The statement therefore enjoned members of the public to thoroughly screen and get to know the family of those they intend to employ as house help before doing so.
