Man stabs friend to death over sewing machine in Bauchi
The police in Bauchi have arrested a suspect, Sadique Ahmed, over the killing of his friend, Babangida Umar, over a disagreement.
The suspect was said to have allegedly stabbed late Umar on the neck leading to his death because the deceased took his sewing machine without his permission.
Bauchi State Police Command spokesman, DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar, said the incident happened at Zango area of the metropolis on January 5.
He said three suspects, including the prime suspect have been arrested in connection with the incident. He disclosed that the two other suspects arrested along with Ahmed were: Mamman Adamu and Adamu Isa, adding that they had started investigation into the incident.
The father of the deceased, Umar Mohammed, while speaking to journalists, said he was at the market when one of his children informed him about the incident.
He was with friends at the market on the fateful day when the younger brother to the deceased said that he was wanted at home that Sara Suka have killed Babangida.
"They thought it was the Sara Suka boys from another area that attacked him. Immediately, I left and on my way home I met some people carrying him to the hospital but I believe at that time he had died. So, we stopped a tricycle and we rushed him to the hospital," he said. The boy who committed this act is my son's friend until a misunderstanding happened between them," he added.
On her part, the mother of the deceased, Fatima Mohammed, said she left her son at home and went to his friend's house to apologise over what her son did.
"When I got there, I met the mother of Abubakar and I started apologizing to her when her son came back into the house. I then apologized to him to be patient with my son and forgive him. He told me that he had addressed my son to the extent that he will not try what he did again, even if he was asked to do it. As soon as I left their house to go back home, I met my neighbour's son who told me that my son, Babangida, had been stabbed. I ran back home but honestly, I wasn't seeing clearly, it was that my neighbour's son that led me to my house," she said.