A 22 years old final year student of Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education Kangere-Bauchi, Kamaluddeen Musa has stabbed to death his friend and fellow student of same school, Usman Umar,25..
The Bauchi Police Public Relation Officer SP Ahmed Wakil disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
The police spokesperson, however, confirmed that the suspect Kamaluddeen Musa has been arrested over the alleged murder of his colleague..
The statement reads in part: On 28/11/2022 at about 1300hrs, information available to the Command revealed that on the same date at about 0915hrs Kamaluddeen Musa stabbed his friend Usman Umar ‘ 25years-old of the same address with a sharp knife in his stomach.
“Upon arrival at the scene, the Police detectives evacuated the victim to the Specialist Hospital Bauchi where the victim was certified dead by a medical doctor, while the suspect was immediately arrested.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that both the suspect and the victim were friends and final-year students of Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education Kangere Bauchi LGA, Bauchi State. that on the 28th November 2022 at about 0915hrs, a little altercation broke between them when the deceased bewailed that the suspect went on an outing without notifying the deceased.
“This led to a physical confrontation which inflicted injury to the thump finger of the suspect, on the process the suspect drew a small knife from his pocket and stabbed the deceased in his stomach and it was corroborated by the two eye-witnesses; Musa Danjuma and Nawasi Sadi all student of the same school. As the investigation continues to explore other facts of the case,” the statement concluded.