BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja
Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a Nigerian Navy Seaman, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad allegedly behind the murder of Aminu Ibrahim in Abuja.
The deceased is the son of a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd).
Parading the suspect on Wednesday in Abuja, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh informed journalists that Muhammad killed Aminu and stole his car two weeks ago.
He said that Muhammad confessed to killing the deceased and the car has been recovered.
Igweh added: "About two weeks ago, Aminu Ibrahim, the son of Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd), a former Chief of Naval Staff, was robbed and killed in the Maitama area of Abuja, and his Prado SUV was taken.
"I want to inform you that Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, a serving Nigerian Navy personnel committed the murder. He has confessed to the crime, and we have recovered the Prado Jeep."
But Muhammad admitted that he is a seaman in the Navy deployed to the residence of the former Chief of Naval Staff.
Speaking on how he murdered the deceased, he said: "I work at the house. He (Aminu) wanted to go out at night around 11:30pm and he said that he needed security.
"So, I followed him with my gun. Along the way, he stopped to check his ATM, as if he was going to buy something.
"I thought maybe I was going to escort him to a market or somewhere. Then, when I came out through the other door, I shot him, took the car, and left. I’m a guard and a seaman in the Navy. He did not do anything to me; I killed him to steal his car."
The police also paraded 94 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, who were arrested following the death of two police officers on Sunday, August 25.
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