BREAKING: Police Arrest Suspected Killer of Ex-Naval Chief’s Son in Abuja, Details Emerge

• The suspected killer of the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd) has been arrested by the police
• The FCT commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, said Navy officer Abdul Rasheed Muhammad killed the victim
• Muhammad, who is deployed to the former Chief of Naval Staff’s residence narrated how he committed the crime

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FCT, Abuja - Police operatives have arrested navy operative Abdul Rasheed Muhammad over the death of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd).

Muhammad killed Aminu and stole his Prado SUV two weeks ago in the Maitama area of Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, made this known while parading the suspect in Abuja on Wednesday, August 28.

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As reported by The Punch, Igwe disclosed that the car had been recovered.

"I want to inform you that Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, a serving Nigerian Navy personnel, committed the murder. He has confessed to the crime, and we have recovered the Prado Jeep.”

The suspect had taken the Prado Jeep for sale and to be cannibalised into parts at the Apo Mechanic Village before he was arrested, Vanguard report

Muhammad, who was deployed to the former Chief of Naval Staff’s residence, confessed to the crime.

The suspect told newsmen that he is a guard and a seaman in the Navy.

He confessed that the victim did not do anything to me when he killed and stole his car.

Narrating how he carried out the operation, he said:

“I work at the house. He wanted to go out at night, around 11:30. He said he needed security.

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“So, I followed him with my gun. Along the way, he stopped to check his ATM, as if he was going to buy something.

“I thought maybe I was going to escort him to a market or somewhere. Then, when I came out through the other door, I shot him, took the car, and left."

Gunmen kill monarch's son

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Ajiran community in the Agungi area of Lekki, Lagos state, was gripped by tension and apprehension.

This follows the shooting death of Damola, the son of the community's traditional ruler, Ojomu Tijani Akinloye of Ajiran land, on Monday, August 26.

A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity disclosed that Demola was shot and butchered by gunmen, leaving many people to leave the community.

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