One Iliyasu Suleiman, has been arrested for reportedly killing a man who was employed to take his position after he was dismissed from the company where he worked over alleged theft in Adamawa State.
The 40-year-old suspect, from Ngurore ward in Adamawa State, was employed by a service provider’s company as a security guard in 2020, and was sacked in July 2021 after been accused of stealing company’s properties.
In a statement issued on Monday by the State Police Spokesperson, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, who confirmed his arrest, said the suspect confessed to beating the new security guard to death with a stick.
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Suleiman confessed that he stole the company’s iron rods and sold them to a scavenger at N5,OOO, following which the company reported him to the police who investigated the matter and recovered the iron rods.
He said although the management of the company threatened to sack him, he was allowed to stay on after he pleaded, and he worked in the company for one year.
However, after he was pardoned and continued working, few weeks later, some other people were stealing things from the company and the management, insisting that he must be responsible thereby leading to his final disengagement from the company in July 2021.
The company employed another man to serve as security guard, and not long after, the suspect filled with anger went to the company in the dark hours to confront the new security guard while asleep and beat him to death with a stick.
He was later trailed by the police who arrested him over the act.
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