Eight suspects have been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery, criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and other related crimes in the state.
The police spokesman in the state, Abubakar Sadiq, who paraded the suspects before the Command Headquarters, Katsina on Wednesday, noted that the Command arrested 16-year-old Nuhu Haruna of Fenza village, in the Dutsinma Local Government Area (LGA), in connection with a suspected case of culpable homicide.
Haruna was arrested on October 21, 2024, at about 1300hrs, following a misunderstanding with 40-year-old Rabi Haruna of the same address, who happened to be his stepmother.
The suspect allegedly used a stick and hit the victim on her stomach, which eventually led to her death.
The suspect had during the investigation, confessed to the commission of the offence.
The Command has also arrested one Abubakar Nasiru, alias Haro, in connection with a suspected case of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping.
The Command said the suspect, who was earlier convicted in a case of rape, was fingered in an ongoing investigation about a case of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping, hence his re-arrest.
In the course of an investigation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the offence and further confessed to having received the sum of two million naira as his own share of the proceeds.
