The Benue State Police Command in Benue has arrested a student of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM), certain Jeremiah Nnamdi, over the alleged killing of an associate professor at the institution, Karl Kwaghger.
The Command made this known in a statement issued on Saturday by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Catherine Anene.
The professor was killed on Nov. 28 at Tarka Foundation, Gboko, where he had gone for relaxation.
The police said that the suspect, who hails from Imo State, was arrested in Abuja while trying to sell a car belonging to the deceased.
The statement explained, “Swiftly, police detectives where deployed to the scene where they met the victim brutally stabbed on his ribs and cut on his neck.
“The victim was rushed to Bishop Murray Hospital where he was confirmed dead, and was deposited at the morgue.
“During investigation, one Jeremiah Nnamdi of Umigwe village, Imo State, a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, was arrested in Abuja where he went to sell the car of the deceased.”
According to the police, the suspect has already confessed to the crime and further investigation is ongoing.
“The suspect confessed to the crime and further stated that his initial intention was to threaten the victim with a make-believe gun and rob the deceased of his car.
“But he ended up killing him because of his resistance and took the car away,” the police added.
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