The Benue Police Command has nabbed killer of Dr Karl Kwaghger, lecturer of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
This is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the command, DSP Anene Sewuese made available to AsheNews on Saturday.
The suspected killer, identified as Nnamdi Jeremiah, is a student of the University.
According to the statement, the suspect took the deceased lecturer’s car to sell in Abuja where he was nabbed.
It added that Jeremiah has confessed to the crime.
“On 28/11/2020 at about 2120hrs information was received that Dr. Karl Kwaghger, a lecturer with the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi was found in a pool of blood at J.S. Tarka Foundation where he went to relax.
“Swiftly, police detectives where deployed to the scene where they met the victim brutally stabbed on his ribs and cut on his neck. The victim was rushed to Bishop Murray Hospital where he was confirmed dead and deposited at the morgue.
“During investigation, one Nnamdi Jeremiah ‘m’ of Umigwe village, Imo State, a student of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi was arrested in Abuja where he went to sale the car of the deceased.
“The suspect confessed to the crime and further stated that his initial intension was to threaten the victim with a make believe gun and robb the deceased of his car but he ended up killing him because of his resistance and took the car away.
“Investigation is in progress,” the statement reads.
