WE WERE PROMISED N200, 000 TO KILL A MAN, CONFESS SUSPECTS

L-R: Yohanna Adamu, Edan Paul and Emmanuel Zira.

Three (3) men who have been arrested for plotting to kill a man in Mubi North Local Government Area, Adamawa State, said that they were promised the sum of N200, 000, to carry out the act.

The suspects Emmanuel Zira, 31, hails from Zah ward, Michika LGA, while Yohanna Adamu, 28, and Edan Paul, 31, hail from Guvan/Kirya in Mubi North LGA were arrested on the 28th April, 2023.

According to the suspects, a man identified as Simon Adamu, of Kirya community had promised to offer them the said amount of monery in order kill Musa Jau, of Mukta over a piece of land.

The accused, Emmanuel is a step son, while Yohanna is a younger a brother to Simon Adamu, said to have promised to pay the sum of money to the culprits to help him kill Jao.

While being interrogated by the Spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the suspects confessed that they were contracted by Simon to steal Jao's motorcycle and to kill him.

The suspects said they later resolved to go and collect the money and spend it without killing Jao, and also planned to report Simon to police if he dares ask them about his money.

They suspects said that they carried a veil and left for the mountains to terminate the life of Jao, who was working in the farm along side other people.

They explained that they had left for a failed contract after taken whiskey (gin) supplied to them by Emmanuel, one of the suspects on that fateful day.

While confirming the arrest to NEWS PLATFORM, SP Nguroje, said that said that they were arrested by Mubi North Divisional Police headquarters following a complaint by Musa Jao.

He stated that the Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola Adeniyi, had assured to ensure the prosecution of the suspects upon completion of investigation.