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Man Killed By Friends Over N385k Debt

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The Kaduna State command of the Nigeria Poice Force has arrested two criminal suspects for allegedly killing their friend over money they owed him.

The police confirmed that Idris Bashir was lured to an uncompleted building by his friends who eventually killed him and dumped his body in an abandoned well.

Naija News understands according to the statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Mohammed Jalige, that a complaint was made at the police command on June 5 by one Bashir of Zaria town at about 10am, that his biological son, Idris Bashir, left home and never returned.

He said he was suspecting his son’s friend, one Mannir Salihu, as being responsible for his son’s disappearance.

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Upon accepting the formal complaint, it is binding on the Police to investigate with the view to unraveling the pre and post disappearance of the victim which led the Command to immediately launch a manhunt for the suspect.

After apprehending the suspect, he disclosed that himself and one Aliyu Yahaya ‘m’ of No.94 Anguwan Magajiya, Zaria City lured the victim to an uncompleted building where they killed him and dumped the body in an abandoned well.

The two confessed to have committed the crime, ending the victim’s life in order to avoid refunding the sum of Three Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Naira (N385,000.00) they owed him.

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The statement explained that the suspect led the Police to the scene where the body of late Idris Bashir was exhumed and taken to Hajiya Gambo Sawaba General Hospital for examination and later released to the family for burial according to Islamic rites.