Benue State Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of the man who killed an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering department of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi.
Dr Karl Kwagher was killed last Saturday by Unknown persons at Tarka foundation where his corpse was discovered by police.
In a statement issued by the spokesperson for the State Command, Catherine Anene, the suspected armed robber whose name was given as Nnamidi Jeremiah was quoted by police that he killed the victim because of his resistance.
The suspect who also is a student of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi was said to have confessed killing the late associate professor for putting up resistance when the suspected robber brandished his make up gun.
Anene said in the statement that the suspected killer of the University lecturer was arrested in Abuja where he had taken the vehicle he stole from the deceased for sale.
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The statement read in parts, “During investigation, one Nnamdi Jeremiah ‘m’ of Umigwe village, Imo State, a student of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi was arrested in Abuja where he went to sell the car of the deceased.
“The suspect confessed to the crime and further stated that his initial intension was to threaten the victim with a make believe gun and robb the deceased of his car but he ended up killing him because of his resistance and took the car away.
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