By Our Reporter
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, for allegedly hacking a fellow student to death.
The Command’s public relations officer (PPRO), SP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the arrest in a statement in Lafia, the state capital.
He said the arrest followed a complaint from a resident, Madam Mercy Bassey, about a violent altercation between her tenant and his friend.
He said following the complaint, detectives were dispatched to the scene, where they found Ibrahim Matthew, a part-time ND2 Computer Science student, lying in a pool of blood.
The PPRO said the victim was rushed to the General Hospital in Nasarawa town but was pronounced dead due to the severity of his injuries.
SP Nansel said the suspect, John Gambo, an ND2 Banking and Finance student, was apprehended and he confessed to attacking the victim with an axe and a knife.
