Man Arrested For Murder After Poisoning, Dismembering Father’s Body In Niger State

Minna, Niger State- A 29-year-old man, Mizanmil Abubakar, has been arrested for killing his father, Abubakar Adawa, 65, in the Barkin-Sale area of Minna, Niger State.

It was gathered that the suspect murdered his father, chopped the body into pieces with a hoe, and buried the remains in a shallow grave in their compound.

While parading the suspect at the police headquarters in Dutsen-Kura, Minna on Wednesday, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, disclosed that the severed body of the missing person was discovered buried in parts in a shallow grave within the compound.

Danmamman said that the suspect confessed that he served his father food laced with rat poison before hacking him to death, claiming that the deceased had much hatred for him.

“On 30/7/2024 at about 1000hrs, an information was received at Kpakungu Division that on 29/7/2024 at about 2100hrs, one Abubakar Adawa aged 65yrs was missing from his house at Barkin-Sale area of Minna,” the statement read.

“Immediately this information was received, Police operatives attached to the Division led by the DPO visited the house, while one Mizanmil Abubakar aged 29yrs and Aisha Abubakar, the mother and the son were invited for interrogation.

“However, the whole compound was thoroughly searched, and surprisingly the severed body of the missing person was discovered buried in parts in a shallow grave within the compound. During interrogation, the said Mizanmil (son) confessed to being responsible for the gruesome act.

“He further confessed that his mother went out and instructed him to prepare food for the family pending her return; he said he served the meal of his father and laced it with rodenticide (rat poison), which the father ate and became unconscious and lifeless.

“Immediately he discovered this, he took a hoe and knife to sever the victim’s body, packed in different sacks and buried in a shallow grave within the compound.

“He asserted that he perpetrated this act before the return of the mother, and that his reason for the gruesome act was that the deceased had much hatred for him.

“The suspect has been transferred to SCID for further investigation and will be charge to court for prosecution as soon as the investigation is concluded,” he said.