Police exhume corpse of Abuja-based businessman in Kuje
Story from Haruna A. YUSUF, Abuja
On Saturday, the Kuje Police Divisional Headquarters, FCT, Abuja exhumed the body of Hussaini Aliyu Takuma, killed by cattle rustlers at Jeda Community in Kuje Area Council.
CSP Umar Abdullahi Sambo, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the command, who disclosed this said, some suspects have been apprehended and the investigation was ongoing.
The corpse of the victim was taken to the Kuje General Hospital for proper confirmation before being taken for re-burial.
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Sambo said on June 4, the 44-year-old Zakari Hassan Takuma of Area 7 Garki Abuja, came to the Kuje Police station and reported that on June 2, his brother Hussaini Aliyu Takuma, 32, of the same address, visited his farm at Jeda in Kuje but did not return home.
He said on receipt of the complaint, detectives tracked one 20-year-old Umar Mohammed, a worker of the farm, who in connivance with his friend, Ibrahim Yusuf, 18, was seen at Kabusa on their way to Kano with 36 stolen rams and six goats.
According to him, during the investigation, it was discovered that the animals belonged to the victim.
Adewale Ojele, the Divisional Command Officer 1, (DCO1) said one 28-year-old Ephraim Mbaiga, also a worker of the farm together with all arrested suspects connected to the matter, have been arrested.
Ojele said the case file was handed over to O/C anti-kidnapping, FCT Command, on directives of the Commissioner of Police.
Meanwhile, Inspector Samuel Ochoche said one Usman Sanu, the farm security guard, and his wife had absconded from the farm and were still at large.
Ochoche said the body of the victim was exhumed in collaboration with the Federal Fire Service FCT, while further investigations were ongoing and would be communicated to the public.
