The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, Bashar Aliyu, for allegedly killing his 70-year-old grandfather, Ibrahim Maisaje.
Aliyu allegedly stabbed the septuagenarian to death with a knife at Sabon Kariya village in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state.
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that the incident reportedly occurred on May 17.
The spokesperson for the Bauchi State Police Command, Nafiu Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday.
Abubakar said the incident was reported to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Ganjuwa, by a 58-year-old resident.
He said the suspect was arrested shortly after the matter was reported.
“The suspect was promptly arrested and preliminary investigation conducted. No exhibit was recovered at the scene. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Bauchi, for discreet and thorough investigation,” he said.
Abubakar said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, condemned the incident. He added that the command would ensure justice was pursued in line with the law.
The police commissioner urged residents to embrace peaceful conflict resolution and report suspicious activities to security agencies to prevent similar incidents.
In other news, troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a suspected female Boko Haram/ISWAP collaborator at a security checkpoint in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.
The suspect, identified as 50-year-old Kellu Abba, was reportedly arrested around 8 am on Wednesday.
Security sources quoted by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, said the woman was intercepted while allegedly conveying supplies to a suspected terrorist.
According to the sources, Abba is a Kanuri woman residing in the Lawanti area of Baga town.
She was allegedly taking supplies to her son, identified as Modu Mustapha, said to be a suspected terrorist operating within the Dumba general area.