The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has apprehended one Isa Idrisa, a Nigerien, who was alleged to have stabbed a man to death in Hadejia, Jigawa state.
Garba Abdul, comptroller of NIS in the state, disclosed this when he paraded the suspect before reporters in Dutse on Tuesday.
Garba said the suspect stabbed one Suleiman Adamu to death in 2008 and escaped to Niger after committing the crime.
According to him, the suspect was arrested by officers of the NIS who were on patrol between Maigatari and Gumel, a border area between Nigeria and Niger Republic.
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The comptroller said the immigration service had completed its work and handed over the case to the police for further investigation.
He added that charms and different concoctions were found on the suspect.
The suspect said he committed the offence out of anger.
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“I had a misunderstanding with the deceased and we fought at a political rally in 2008 during former Governor Ibrahim Turaki’s regine,” he said.
“I committed the offence out of anger, I am therefore appealing for leniency because I am not mentally alright.”
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