By Attah Ede
A year two national diploma (ND2) student in the department of Banking and Finance at the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, Nasarawa State, John Gambo, has been arrested for allegedly hacking a fellow student to death.
The Nasarawa State Command police public relations officer (PPRO), SP Ramhan Nansel confirmed the arrest in a statement he issued in Lafia, the state capital, on Sunday.
The statement said Gambo’s arrest was necessitated by a complaint brought by a resident, Madam Mercy-Bassey, about a violent altercation between two of her tenants.
“Detectives were deployed to the scene, where they found Ibrahim Matthew, a part-time ND2 Computer Science student, lying in a pool of his blood.
“The victim was rushed to the General Hospital in Nasarawa town but was confirmed dead due to the severity of his injuries.
“The suspect, John Gambo, an ND2 Banking and Finance student, was swiftly apprehended and reportedly confessed to attacking the victim with an axe and a knife.
“The Commissioner of Police, Shettima Jauro Mohammed, has ordered the case to be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Lafia for further investigation and prosecution”, Nansel said .
