Three people have been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly killing and burying an ND 2 student, Franca Elisha of the Department of Library Science, Federal Polytechnic, Mubi.
Reports have it that Franca Elisha, who was impregnated by one of the suspects, Muniru Abubakar, her boyfriend, killed her to conceal the illicit affair between the two of them.
It was revealed that Muniru Abubakar alongside his two accomplices, Huzaifa Shuaibu and Rabiu Adamu reportedly connived and gruesomely murdered Franca Elisha and buried her in a shallow grave, after which they went about their normal academic activities pretending as if nothing happened.
Muniru confirmed to have impregnated late Franca asking her to abort the pregnancy upon hearing.
According to the police, he took the deceased into his room located at a students’ community behind the State University, Mubi, for the abortion on the 6th August 2021 and invited his friend, Huzaifa Shuaibu who is a student of the College of Health Technology, Mubi, to carry out the abortion.
One of the suspects, Huzaifa was said to have administered an injection to Franca for the abortion but she fainted immediately and regained consciousness later after spirited efforts.
For a perfect termination of the pregnancy, Huzaifa, gave her a second dose of the injection after she regained consciousness, and she fainted again the second time and subsequently died in the room.
Sensing danger, Muniru Abubakar was said to have invited one of his other friends, a student of the Polytechnic, Rabiu Adamu, who conspired with them to bury the corpse in a shallow grave with her mobile phone, national identity card and other items that can expose the heinous crime they have committed.
The Father of the deceased, Mr Elisha Iliya, who resides at Sabon Gari in Mubi, told Tribune Online in Mubi that his daughter left home on that fateful day for school, but could not return, and that they searched everywhere as well as made contacts, but to no avail.
Elisha also said that they met her colleagues in the school and that when they met one of her colleagues who is a friend to Franca in the school, she confirmed to them that she met the deceased when she was together with her boyfriend, Abubakar and that she later returned to the hostel because of rain, leaving behind the deceased and her boyfriend.
According to him, when they asked her to take them to the house of the suspect, she told them that she did not know where the house is located and started avoiding them and refusing to take their calls until they invited police into the matter.
He explained further that when the Police apprehended the lady, she revealed to them where the suspect will be traced, and that the Police in company with family members met the accused person playing football where he was arrested and later led them to where they buried late Franca.
When contacted, the Adamawa Police Command’s Spokesman, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirmed the killing of the lady, saying that “the matter was reported to the command” adding that the Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Alhaji, has ordered full investigations while the suspects were arrested.
DSP Suleman Nguroje said that investigation so far revealed that it was Muniru Abubakar who impregnated her and that it was Huzaifa Shuaibu who administered an injection, while Rabiu Adamu assisted in burying the corpse saying that the suspects will soon be charged to court.
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