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Police arrest suspect for allegedly stabbing two boys to death in Kwara

“The suspect that led the group that carried out the attack, one Ganiyu, who was also seriously injured was arrested.”

• May 28, 2022
Kwara Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo
Kwara Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo

The police in Kwara have arrested a suspect, Habeeb Ganiyu, who allegedly led a group of boys to stab one Lukman and Kudus at Adifa Area Ilorin.

This is contained in a statement signed by the command spokesperson, Okasanmi Ajayi, on Saturday in Ilorin.

“Police Command in Kwara State was unhappy about the report of the killings of two young boys named Lukman and Kudus.

“The boys were allegedly killed at Adifa and Center Igboro area of Ilorin. The attack was carried out by a group of boys led by one Habeeb Ganiyu ‘M’ of Agbarere area Ilorin.

“The suspect stabbed the deceased several times in the chest and the victims were rushed to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) by men of Oja Oba Police station after responding to the distress call.

 “The victims were confirmed dead immediately they arrived at the UITH by the doctors on duty.

“The suspect that led the group that carried out the attack, one Ganiyu, who was also seriously injured was arrested.

The cause of the attack was yet to be unravelled. However, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Tuesday Assayomo, ordered a discreet investigation into the matter and the arrest of the fleeing attackers.

He added that anybody found to have contributed to the process that led to the deaths of the victims would be arrested and made to face the law.

(NAN)

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