35-year-old man stabbed to death in Niger, nine arrested

The Niger State Police Command has arrested 9 suspects pursuing the stabbing to decease of a 35-year-old man, Nafiu Mohammed, successful the Maitumbi country of Minna.

Mohammed, of Sabon-Titi, Maitumbi, was reportedly attacked and stabbed connected August 25, 2026.

The constabulary Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, successful a connection said operatives attached to Maitumbi Division responded to the incidental and rushed the unfortunate to a adjacent aesculapian facility, wherever helium was confirmed dead.

Following the incident, tactical teams were deployed to the area, starring to the apprehension of six suspects identified arsenic Emmanuel Moses, 25; Lukman Mohammed, 25; Abdullahi Mohammed, 19; Sani Ibrahim, 18; Abdullahi Yusuf, 22, besides known arsenic Challo; and Adamu Isyaku, 20.

The bid stated that Sani Ibrahim was arrested with a agelong cutlass.

According to the police, the suspects mentioned 1 Muhammad Sani arsenic being liable for the decease of Mohammed, adding that efforts were ongoing to apprehension him.

The six suspects are being held for probe into alleged ...