Niger police arrest security guard over alleged killing of 11-year-old girl

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old information guard, Godwin Dauda, implicit the alleged sidesplitting of an 11-year-old girl, Christabel Albert, successful Suleja.

The miss was reported missing connected September 19, 2026, aft leaving location to be a relative’s day solemnisation but failed to return.

According to a connection issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, connected Friday, the girl’s remains were aboriginal discovered wrong a good wrong the premises of the Apostolic Church successful Suleja.

The constabulary said the assemblage was recovered and taken to Suleja General Hospital for introspection arsenic portion of the probe into her death.

The probe subsequently led to the apprehension of Dauda, who works arsenic a information serviceman astatine the religion and resides successful the Kuje country of the Federal Capital Territory.

The bid said the fishy allegedly confessed during interrogation that helium took the miss to his room, wherever helium sexually assaulted her, aft which she died.

He allegedly told investigators that helium subsequently disposed of her remains by throwing them into the good connected the religion premises.

The constabulary said the fishy had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) successful Minna for further probe and prosecution successful acc...