A MAGISTRATE COURT sitting in Minna, has remanded Sabo Mohammed from Manigi village under Mashegu Area of Niger State for stabbing a police prosecutor to death
The Explainer had reported how the 70-year man, Sabo had accused Musa Nasiru, a prosecutor of Magistrate court in Mashegu of having an affair with one of his wives before stabbing him to death.
The suspect was on the run and captured by Police in Bode-Saadu village in Kwara State.
Inspector Emmanuel Ogiri, the prosecuting office said that the suspect attacked and stabbed Inspector Nasiru Musa, a police prosecutor attached to the Magistrate Court in Mashegu.
He said the incident occurred on March 3, 2025, in Manigi village, after Mohammed accused the officer of having an affair with his junior wife.
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He said the late Inspector Musa was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Bida but succumbed to his injuries.
Inspector Ogiri stated that the offense contravenes Section 221 of the Penal Code Law.
When the charge was read in court, the suspect pleaded guilty and expressed remorse for taking the law into his own hands.
Magistrate Hadiza Hamza Imam ordered Mohammed’s remand at the Minna Correctional Facility and adjourned the case to April 15, 2025 for ruling.
