8 Nigerian student jumps to death in Malaysia
An indigene of Imo State, Uju Pious Ejikeonye, said to be a student of the City University in Malaysia, died after jumping from the 13th floor of an apartment at Desa Aman Puri, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur.
A story circulating among the Nigerian community in the area said he jumped in a bid to escape arrest while another said he was running away from immigration officers who were conducting raids in his area on Sunday.
Malaysian police however said Uju was indeed trying to evade arrest as he was being investigated over alleged involvement in a crime.
According to police chief, ACP Ali Ahmad at Gombak District police headquarters, Uju was fingered as one of the suspects who allegedly defrauded a 58-year-old woman of RM13, 200 through a parcel scam.
He said two suspects had already been arrested in one of the raids in connection with the crime and information gathered led the police to Uju’s apartment.
“The police arrested a Nigerian man and a Filipino woman earlier, but another Nigerian evaded arrest and was believed to have jumped off the 13th floor of the condominium,” the police chief said.
He said the police were only investigating the suspects’ alleged involvement in the case and Uju’s action was highly surprising and uncalled for. He revealed that three suspects in the case were in Malaysia on student visa while one was on social visa.
TAminu, he 82-year-old mother of a business man and owner of Shema Petroleum filling stations in Katsina was abducted by gun men early yesterday.
Hajiya Diya was abducted from her residence at Bayan Area of Dutsinma.
Sources said the abductors attacked the residence at about 1.30 am with guns and took away the woman on a motorcycle.
Her husband, Alhaji Abdullahi, was injured and later taken to a hospital just as a neighbor, Usman Barkiya, was shot twice as he tried to help during the attack.
A source said as the abductors were taking her away, the motorcycle broke down near Barkiya’s house and he tried to intervene but was shot in the stomach and hand.
It was gathered that her son, the owner of Shema petrol stations, Nagogo Mammam Nagarhi, visited her a day before the incident.
Confirming the incident, Katsina State Police Command spokesman, DSP Gambo Isah, said the police had swung into action over the incidence.