Teenager kills friend in Niger, dumps remains in septic tank
A 19-year-old suspect has been arrested for the gruesome murder of his friend in Niger State.
The suspect, who was identified as Yakubu Tanko, confessed to killing his friend, 14-year-old Sikiru Tajudeen, and dumping his body in a septic tank in a bid to cover up the crime.
Tanko had reportedly entered into the deceased’s room in the Tundun Fulani area of Minna and killed him with a stick.
According to him, he had rushed out after killing his friend.
He confessed: I returned two hours later and I got a sack where I put the body inside till around 8 pm. I then borrowed a wheelbarrow, which I used to take the dead body and took it to a soak away that is open close here and put the body inside the soak away. I thought nobody would see the body again.”
Strangely, Tanko gave no reason for killing, adding that he was not sent by anyone.
“I personally planned it and did it,” he said coldly.
However, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the Niger State Police spokesperson, said that the deceased was reported missing at the Bosso Police Division.
The deceased’s family said they had found the trouser of his school uniform, a stick, and a stone with blood stains inside his room.
Abiodun further said following strange odour coming from a septic tank within the community, the body was found in a sack inside the septic tank.
The police spokesperson added: “Further findings from the community pointed to Yakubu Tanko and he was immediately arrested. He confessed to the homicide during interrogation while he admitted that the deceased was his friend.”
He also said Tanko has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation.
