One of the accused murders of the district head of Yantumaki in Dan Musa local government area has been apprehended by Katsina State Police Command.
According to Yusuf Abubakar, they assassinated Abubakar Atiku in June of last year for interfering in their activities.
On Tuesday afternoon, the suspect, who was paraded at the State Command headquarters, said:
“I am one of those who killed the traditional ruler. We killed him because he had identified one of us and was trying to ensure the arrest of Shamsu. He knew Shamsu and knew that he was an armed robber.
“When we found out that he was trying desperately to arrest and hand over Shamsu to the police, we decided to kill him.
“It was Shamsu himself who shot the monarch when we stormed his palace while some of us continued to shoot to cause confusion in the town. We also killed the district head’s security guard.”
Abdullahi indicated his accused conspirators have moved into the jungle when asked where they are. Kabir, Ibrahim, Salmanu, himself, and Shamsu were among those involved in the attack, according to him.
