09.09.10 Nigeria Focus
Niger State politician's son arrested in connection with double murder
The son of a prominent politician in Niger State has been arrested in connection
with two murders, one of the victims suspected to have been a rival. Mohammed Inuwa was apprehended this morning [9th September] at his father's residence in Niger State capital, Minna.
After days of investigations by Nigerian Police, Inuwa was picked up along with
his vehicle used to perpetrate the crime. The woman in the centre of the
incident, Martha Godwin, arrested and detained last Friday, 2nd September, identified both Inuwa and the vehicle.
Niger State's Police Commissioner Michael Zuokumor who addressed the media on Friday apologised to those wrongly
apprehended in connection with the crime, saying the police was given wrong
information that the perpetrator of the crime was an Igbo man.
“I think we have actually gotten the man that committed the offence though he
has not accepted responsibility, he is still claiming some alibi,” he added.
Source: Nigerian Tribute