Teenager in police net for allegedly killing his brother

From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

A teenager who reside in Hayin Danmani, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis has been arrested for killing his own brother after robbing him of N30,000
According to the state Commissioner of Police CP Ali Jinga who paraded the suspect along with others at Command Headquarters said the accused and his friend robbed the deceased who was sent on an errand with the money before killing him.
He explained that, the suspect overhead their father sending his younger brother with N30,000, so he immediately invited his friend, 18 years old Suleiman Usman and they stopped the deceased and collected the said money.
“After robbing the younger brother of the N30,000, Najeeb and his friend took the boy to the river and drowned him”, the police CP said.
The suspect Najeeb who was briefly interviewed during the parade confessed to the crime but denied killing his brother because of money.
According to him, the boy got drowned accidentally while they were playing at a river after they collected the money from him.
“It is true that, when I heard my father sending my brother on errand with N30,000, I invited my friend and we robbed him of the money.
“But we didn’t kill him because of the money. We normally go to the river to swim and playfully drown ourselves.
“So, in the process, my younger brother got drowned and died.” he said.
The CP said Najeeb and his friend will be charged to court as they have both confessed to the crime.