MAN BEATS YOLA SECURITY GUARD TO DEATH FOR CAUSING HIS DISMISSAL FROM SERVICE

A 40 year old man, Iliyasu Sule, of Ngurore ward in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa state has been arrested for allegedly beating a private security guard to death.

Sule was said to have hit the security guard of a Service Providers' Company at Kwanan Waya in Yola South LGA, with the stick two times which led to his demise on the spot for causing his dismissal from service.

Speaking exclusively to NEWS PLATFORM at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police headquaters in Yola, the accused person and father of 3, said that he was employed by the company in 2020 and was sacked in July, 2021, due to cases of theft.

He confessed that he stole the company's iron rod and sold it to scavenger at the sum of N5000, saying that the company reported him to police at Namtari in Yola South who subsequently investigated the matter and recovered the iron rod.

He said that the management of the company threatened to sack him, but after pleading, the company decided to allow him to continue with his work, saying that he worked in the company for the period of one year.

He narrated that sometimes later, somebody stole the property of the company, but that the management of the company insisted that he must be resposible for it, saying that he vehemently denied committing the act.

According to him, the company disengaged him in July, 2021, following cases of theft and employed another man to serve as security guard, saying that few days later, he armed himself with a stick and invaded the company in the night where he met the new security guard sleeping and hit him with the stick on his head.

He said that his victim died on the spot, and that he was later trailed and apprehended by the police in connection to the crime.

When contacted, the Image maker of the state police command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirmed the arrest of the suspect, saying that the accused person is currently being investigated after which he will be charged to court.