A Federal Polytechnic student, Nasarawa, has been arrested by the police for allegedly hacking a fellow federal polytechnic student to death.
The incident, which occurred following a violent altercation, was confirmed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, in a statement issued in Lafia on Sunday.
Nansel said the police received a complaint from a resident, Madam Mercy-Bassey, about a fight between two of her tenants.
Upon arriving at the scene, detectives found Ibrahim Matthew (student), a part-time ND2 computer science student, lying in a pool of blood.
The victim was rushed to the general hospital in Nasarawa Town, but was pronounced dead due to the severity of his injuries.
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The suspect, John Gambo, an ND2 banking and finance student, was swiftly apprehended and reportedly confessed to attacking Matthew with an axe and a knife.
Following the directive of the state Commissioner of Police, Shettima Jauro Mohammed, the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Lafia, for further investigation and prosecution.
