A 31-year-old staff of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN identified as Ikon Danasabe has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly employing the services of his fellow cult members to kill his colleague, Francis Atache, over N70, 000.
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By Ifeanyi Okolie
Operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have unravelled the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of a middle-aged man, Francis Atache, whose corpse was found in a bush at Makurdi, Benue State, in August 2020.
Atache, who was a staff of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, in Benue State, was said to have been attacked and robbed by some gunmen on his way back from work while his lifeless body was dumped in a bush.
It was gathered that the police in Benue State was alerted when residents of the area found the decomposing corpse and the police, during its investigations, arrested one Ikon Danasabe, also a staff of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, who was said to have had a feud with the deceased few days before he was killed.
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A senior clerk at the National Open University of Nigeria, Makurdi centre, Benue State, Iko Danasabe, has been arrested for the alleged murder of his colleague, Francis Atache.
Danasabe reportedly connived with some gang members to kill Atache, also a clerical official at NOUN, and dumped his corpse in a bush.
City Round learnt that Danasabe was into a contribution scheme and had given Atache N70,000 to help him deposit the money with the thrift collector. Atache was said to have failed to deposit the money and refused to return it to Danasabe.
After several attempts to get him to refund the sum, Danasabe allegedly engaged some suspected members of a cult group which he belonged to and waylaid Atache at a smoking joint.
A staff of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Iko Danasabe, has been arrested by the Benue State police for allegedly killing his colleague, Francis Atache, over a debt of N70,000.
Danasabe, a senior clerk at the Makurdi centre of NOUN, had reportedly connived with some cult members to kill Atache, also a clerical official at NOUN, and dumped his corpse in a bush.
Vanguard reports that police in the state reported that Danasabe who was into a contribution scheme with the deceased, had given Atache the sum of N70,000 to help him deposit with the thrift collector but Atache was said to have failed to deposit the money and refused to return it to Danasabe.
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