By Desire Emmanuel
A man has been arrested by men of the Kebbi State Police Command after he used a machete to hack his elder brother and the man’s wife to death in their sleep.
The man, whose name was given as Idrisu Musa, aged 25 years, was arrested in connection with the killing of the elder brother, Haruna Muhammed and his wife Habiba Muhammed.
It was gathered that the man attacked the couple with the machete while they were fast asleep around 4:15 a.m. on May 9 over an undisclosed matter.
According to the command, the incident occurred in Asarara Village, Kimba District, Jega Local Government Area of the state. The couple died from the injuries sustained from the attack.
“Substantial and implicating evidence has been recovered linking the suspect to the crime. The suspect had reportedly intimidated the couple with the machete on several prior occasions,” the command said in a statement on Saturday night.
The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation and the man is expected to be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.
