The Niger State Police Command has arrested one Mubarak, suspected to be mentally unstable for stabbing a 25-year-old man, Shamseen Danshehu, to death.
The incident took place on Sunday evening, March 23, 2024 in the Kwangila area of Minna when Mubarak was said to have engaged Danshehu in a fisticuffs during which he allegedly stabbed him in the chest.
He was rushed to the nearby Minna General hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
The residents who said they did not know what caused the fight, however, said they always saw Mubarak in the street moving from place to place scavenging in residents’ refuse containers.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the incident to Punch on Monday, said that the suspect was arrested .
“It was reported that one Mubarak, who is suspected of insanity and also scavenging around Kwangila, had a fight with a passerby, Shamsu Danshehu 25 years of the same area. During the fight, the said scavenger stabbed Shamsu on the chest with scissors,” the PPRO stated.
“The victim was rushed to the general hospital but gave up the ghost in the hospital and confirmed d3ad. The suspect was arrested for further investigation,” Abiodun said.
