The Police Command in Kaduna State says it has detained two suspects for allegedly burying a man alive in Zaria.
The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna.
He said the detention of the two suspects was sequel to a viral video showing a person buried with only his head left out.
According to him, immediately the police got wind of the video, efforts were made to locate the 20-year-old victim from Gauraki village in Kufena ward, Zaria council area, and possibly arrest the culprits which eventually yielded result.
Hassan stated that preliminary investigation revealed that the victim and the two suspects were working as labourers in a construction site in Abuja and that the cell phone of one of the suspects, valued at N35,000, was stolen where they were all lodged.
He said that the victim was suspected to have stolen the handset, thus making the two suspects to resolve that the victim’s daily wages would be used to buy another phone as replacement.
However, piqued by the suspects’ decision, the victim left Abuja and to Zaria, where he was eventually trailed to by the suspects who are siblings, and forcefully took him to an uncompleted building and dug the ground akin to a grave, bound his hands and feet, covered his mouth with a piece of clothing, placed him inside the hole and returned the earth, leaving only his head outside.
“They left their victim in the said condition until a passerby heard his groans and alerted the public before he was rescued,” the police spokesperson said.
Hassan said that the suspects, who were later arrested, admitted to committing the act during interrogation.
He said that the Commissioner of Police, Audu Ali, warned the general public against taking law into their hands.
The spokesperson said that the case would be carefully investigated and that the outcome would be handled professionally.
